paint·er's colic (p n t rz)n. Chronic intestinal pains and constipation caused by lead poisoning. Also called lead colic. [So called because the disease is often caused by exposure to lead-based paint.] |
painter's colic
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(Medicine / Pathology) Pathol another name for lead colic
[so called because it frequently affected people who worked with lead-based paints or similar substances]
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| Noun | 1. | painter's colic - symptom of chronic lead poisoning and associated with obstinate constipation |
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