colic : Idioms & Phrases

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colic artery

  • noun arteries that supply blood to the colon
    arteria colica.
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colic root

  • noun any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic
    unicorn root; star grass; crow corn; colicroot.
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colic vein

  • noun vein serving the large intestine
    vena colica.
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Hepatic colic

  • the severe pain produced by the passage of a gallstone from the liver or gall bladder through the bile duct.
Webster 1913

intestinal colic

  • noun acute abdominal pain (especially in infants)
    griping; gripes; colic.
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Intestinal colic, ∨ Ordinary colic

  • pain due to distention of the intestines by gas.
Webster 1913

Lead colic

  • noun symptom of chronic lead poisoning and associated with obstinate constipation
    lead colic.
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  • . See under Colic.
Webster 1913

Lead colic, Painter's colic

  • a violent form of intestinal colic, associated with obstinate constipation, produced by chronic lead poisoning.
Webster 1913

Painter's colic

  • noun symptom of chronic lead poisoning and associated with obstinate constipation
    lead colic.
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  • . (Med.) See Lead colic, under Colic.
Webster 1913

Renal casts, Renal colic

  • . (Med.) See under Cast, and Colic.
Webster 1913

Renal colic

  • noun sharp pain in the lower back that radiates into the groin; associated with the passage of a renal calculus through the ureter
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  • the severe pain produced by the passage of a calculus from the kidney through the ureter.
Webster 1913

Saturnine colic

  • (Med.), lead colic.
Webster 1913

Wind colic

  • . See Intestinal colic, above.
Webster 1913