COLIC

colic. Colic, n. a distemper affecting the bowels

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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, or 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.