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lead colic

[ led ]

noun

, Pathology.


lead colic

/ lɛd /

noun

  1. a symptom of lead poisoning characterized by intense abdominal pain Also calledpainter's colic
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

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.

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.

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

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

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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