PAINTER'S COLIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does painter's colic mean? 

• PAINTER'S COLIC (noun)
  The noun PAINTER'S COLIC has 1 sense:

1. symptom of chronic lead poisoning and associated with obstinate constipation

  Familiarity information: PAINTER'S COLIC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAINTER'S COLIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Symptom of chronic lead poisoning and associated with obstinate constipation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

lead colic; painter's colic

Hypernyms ("painter's colic" is a kind of...):

colic; gripes; griping; intestinal colic (acute abdominal pain (especially in infants))