lead colic

[ led ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. painter's colic.

lead colic

/ lɛd /

noun

1. a symptom of lead poisoning characterized by intense abdominal pain Also calledpainter's colic

Example Sentences

In cases of Lead-colic there is generally a paralysis of the muscular fibre of a certain portion of the intestine.

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Such is the pain produced by lead-colic, or by the passage of a gallstone or renal calculus.

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Used by glassfuls in lead colic, or after poisoning by lead.

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There are also special symptoms, one of the most prominent of which is often lead colic.

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Those who work at it in a month or two catch the lead-colic.

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