Defn: 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.
COLIC
Col"ic, a.
1. Of or pertaining to colic; affecting the bowels. Milton.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the colon; as, the colic arteries.
COLICAL
Col"ic*al, a.
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of, colic. Swift.
COLICKY
Col"ick*y, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or troubled with, colic; as, a colicky disorder.
COLICROOT
Col"ic*root`, n.