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lead colic

[led]
–noun Pathology.
painter's colic.
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lead colic   (lěd)   
n.  See painter's colic.
paint·er's colic   (pān'tərz)
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.]
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