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S: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21539143 (last access: 10 February 2016); http://www.drugs.com/cg/renal-colic.html (last access: 10 February 2016).

N: 1. renal (adj): 1650s, from French rénal and directly from Late Latin renalis “of or belonging to kidneys,” from Latin ren (plural renes) “kidneys.”
colic (n): “disease characterized by severe abdominal pain,” early 15c., from Late Latin colicus “pertaining to colic,” from Greek kolikos, belonging to the kolon “lower intestine”. The word was used in English late 14c. as an adjective, “affecting the colon.” Related: Colicky (1742).
2. Pain in the region of one of the kidneys and toward the thigh. Pain radiates from the kidney region around and over the abdomen into the groin. It accompanies the passage of a calculus
3. Can be seen in primary hyperparathyroidism and gout with nephrolithiasis.
4. The term “renal colic” was recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.
5. nephritic, renal: pertaining to the kidney; uretenal, ureteric: pertaining to the ureter.

S: 1. OED – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=Renal+colic (last access: 10 February 2016). 2 to 5. TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 10 February 2016).

SYN: nephritic colic, nephric colic, kidney colic.

S: TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 10 February 2016)

CR: nephrology