colic vs throe

colic

noun
  • Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems). 

  • A medicinal plant used to relieve such symptoms. 

  • Severe fussiness and crying, especially of infants with certain medical conditions. 

adj
  • Relating to the colon; colonic. 

throe

noun
  • A severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die. 

  • Any severe pang or spasm, especially an outburst of feeling; a paroxysm. 

  • A hard struggle, especially one associated with the beginning or finishing of a task. 

  • The pain of labour or childbirth; the suffering of death. 

  • Synonym of froe (“a cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from a block of wood”) 

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