Colic
(Col"ic), a.
1. Of or pertaining to colic; affecting the bowels. Milton.
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the colon; as, the colic arteries.
Colical
(Col"ic*al) a. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of, colic. Swift.
Colicky
(Col"ick*y) a. Pertaining to, or troubled with, colic; as, a colicky disorder.
Colicroot
(Col"ic*root`) n. A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the leaves all radical, and
the small yellow or white flowers in a long spike Called sometimes star grass, blackroot, blazing star,
and unicorn root.
Colin
(Col"in) n. [F. colin; prop. a dim. of Colas, contr. fr. Nicolas Nicholas.] (Zoöl.) The American
quail or bobwhite. The name is also applied to other related species. See Bobwhite.
Coliseum
(Col`i*se"um) n. [NL. (cf. It. coliseo, colosseo), fr. L. colosseus colossal, fr. colossus a
colossus. See Colossus, and cf. Colosseum.] The amphitheater of Vespasian at Rome, the largest
in the world. [Written also Colosseum.]
Colitis
(||Co*li"tis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. + -itis.] (Med.) An inflammation of the large intestine, esp. of its
mucous membrane; colonitis.
Coll
(Coll) v. t. [OF. coler, fr. L. collum neck.] To embrace. [Obs.] "They coll and kiss him." Latimer.
Collaborateur
(||Col*la`bo*ra*teur") n. [F.] See Collaborator.
Collaboration
(Col*lab`o*ra"tion) n. The act of working together; united labor.
Collaborator
(Col*lab"o*ra`tor) n. [L. collaborare to labor together; col- + laborare to labor: cf. F. collaborateur.]
An associate in labor, especially in literary or scientific labor.
Collagen
(Col"la*gen) n. [Gr. ko`lla glue + -gen.] (Physiol. Chem.) The chemical basis of ordinary
connective tissue, as of tendons or sinews and of bone. On being boiled in water it becomes gelatin or
glue.
Collagenous
(Col*lag"e*nous) a. (Physiol.) Containing or resembling collagen.
Collapse
(Col*lapse") v. i. [imp. & p. p. Collapsed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Collapsing] [L. collapsus, p. p.
of collabi to collapse; col- + labi to fall, slide. See Lapse.]
