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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Col·ic n.  Med. A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm, obstruction, or distention of some one of the hollow viscera.
 Hepatic colic, the severe pain produced by the passage of a gallstone from the liver or gall bladder through the bile duct.
 Intestinal colic, or Ordinary colic, pain due to distention of the intestines by gas.
 Lead colic, Painter's colic, a violent form of intestinal colic, associated with obstinate constipation, produced by chronic lead poisoning.
 Renal colic, the severe pain produced by the passage of a calculus from the kidney through the ureter.
 Wind colic. See Intestinal colic, above.