Colic /(?)/
Col·ic
Colic
n.
- A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm, obstruction, or distention of some one of the hollow viscera. (Med.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Hepatic colic
- the severe pain produced by the passage of a gallstone from the liver or gall bladder through the bile duct.
- Intestinal colic
- pain due to distention of the intestines by gas.
- Lead colic
- a violent form of intestinal colic, associated with obstinate constipation, produced by chronic lead poisoning.
- Renal colic
- the severe pain produced by the passage of a calculus from the kidney through the ureter.
- Wind colic
- See Intestinal colic, above.
Colic
a.
- Of or pertaining to colic; affecting the bowels.
- Of or pertaining to the colon; as, the colic arteries. (Anat.)