Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
{Renal capsules} or {glands}, the suprarenal capsules. See
under {Capsule}.
{Renal casts}, {Renal colic}. (Med.) See under {Cast}, and
{Colic}.
Colic \Col"ic\, n. [F. colique, fr. L. colicus sick with the
colic, GR. ?, fr. ?, ?, the colon. The disease is so named
from its being seated in or near the colon. See {Colon}.]
(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.
Source : WordNet®
renal colic
n : sharp pain in the lower back that radiates into the groin;
associated with the passage of a renal calculus through
the ureter