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__Definition:__

 * An infant behavior pattern involving intense daily bouts of crying totaling 3 or more hours a day. HGD Chapter 4 p.89
 * Colic is a condition in which an otherwise healthy baby cries or displays symptoms of distress (cramping or moaning) frequently and for extended periods, without any discernible reason. Most babies cry if they are teething, hungry, sleepy, or for no reason at all.

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__Analogies:__
Colic:crying as Swelling:Pain

__Mnemonics:__
COLIC: Chronic Overall Laborious Infant Cough

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