A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g. el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
masculine noun 1. (illness)
a. colic (stomach pain) Los padres primerizos no sabían cómo aliviar el cólico de su bebé. The new parents didn't know how to relieve their baby's colic.
b. cramps (menstrual pain) El cólico era tan doloroso el primer día de su periodo que Josefina se desmayó. Josefina's cramps were so painful on the first day of her period that she fainted.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
adjective 2. (related to the colon)
a. colonic Le están haciendo pruebas para averiguar sus niveles de microflora cólica. They're doing tests to find out his levels of colonic microflora.
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cólico
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
Noun 1. (general)
a. colic cólico bilioso bilious attack
cólico hepático biliary colic
cólico nefrítico o renal renal colic
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