painter's colic
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Related to painter's colic: lead colic
lead col·ic
severe colicky abdominal pain, with constipation, symptomatic of lead poisoning.
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painter's colic
(pān′tərz)n.
Chronic intestinal pains and constipation caused by lead poisoning. Also called lead colic.
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