A person (usually an infant or young animal) affected by colic; one who suffers from severe abdominal pain.
From 'colic' (abdominal pain from Greek 'kolikós') plus '-er' (suffix for one who experiences something), forming an agent noun. The term appears in medical and caregiving contexts.
Colickers—colicky babies—taught early pediatricians about the limitations of medicine; nothing consistently stopped infant colic, showing that not all suffering has a simple pharmaceutical fix!
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