Tormina

//ˈtɔɹmɪnə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    acute pain in the abdomen; colic, gripes plural, plural-only

    "Clonfert’s tormina exercise my mind; for by whatever private scale of pain one may measure them, they must come tolerably high."

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tormen

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"Clonfert’s tormina exercise my mind; for by whatever private scale of pain one may measure them, they must come tolerably high."

Etymology

From Latin tormina, ultimately from torqueō (“twist, turn”).

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