Col"ic (?), n. [F. colique, fr. L. colicus sick with the colic, GR. , fr. , , the colon. The disease is so named from its being seated in or near the colon. See Colon.] Med.
A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm, obstruction, or distention of some one of the hollow viscera.
Hepatic colic, the severe pain produced by the passage of a gallstone from the liver or gall bladder through the bile duct. -- Intestinal colic, ∨ Ordinary colic, pain due to distention of the intestines by gas. -- Lead colic, Painter's 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.
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Col"ic, a.
1.
Of or pertaining to colic; affecting the bowels.
Milton.
2. Anat.
Of or pertaining to the colon; as, the colic arteries.
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