lead colic

American

[led] / lɛd /

noun

Pathology.

painter's colic.

lead colic British

/ lɛd /

noun

Also called: painter's colic. a symptom of lead poisoning characterized by intense abdominal pain

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He had no signs at all of wrist-drop, there were no suspicious signs on his gums and he had never suffered from constipation or anything like lead colic.

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It would require six months for you to become acclimated there, and the chances are that within that time you would be tied up in a knot with lead colic.

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A decoction of the leaves is purgative and is used in lead colic.

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It is characterized by various symptoms, as lead colic, lead line, and wrist drop.

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Paralysis, constipation, lead colic, dropping of the wrist, wasting of the ball of the thumb, loss of memory, and broken and ruined health, might result from neglect of this advice.

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