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Definition of Lead colic
1. Noun. Symptom of chronic lead poisoning and associated with obstinate constipation.
Medical Definition of Lead colic
1. Severe colicky abdominal pain, with constipation, symptomatic of lead poisoning. Synonym: Devonshire colic, painter's colic, Poitou colic, saturnine colic. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lead Colic
Literary usage of Lead colic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The most important are simple or flatulent colic and lead colic. The former of
these commonly arises from the presence in the alimentary canal of some ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1858)
"... in lead colic.—Dr. SWETT called the attention of the New York Medical and
Surgical Society (Sept. 18, 1852) to a point in practice, which he brought ..."
3. The Lancet (1842)
"Caute of the Attack, — With respect to the cause of these symptoms, and whether,
in fact, tin' man laboured under lead colic and palsy or not, ..."
4. A Text-book of Practical Medicine: With Particular Reference to Physiology by Felix von Niemeyer (1883)
"Lastly, lead- colic is the most striking instance of a nervous affection ...
The lead, whose absorption into the body causes lead-colic—one symptom of lead ..."
5. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1855)
"... with that which it exerts upon the muscular coat of the bowels, which may be
considered, in the lead colic, as in a state of partial paralysis. ..."
6. A Text-book of Practical Medicine: With Particular Reference to Physiology by Felix von Niemeyer (1878)
"Lastly, lead- colic is the most striking instance of a nervous affection ...
The lead, whose absorption into the body causes lead-colic—one symptom of lead ..."
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