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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

NALT Core

Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal and human health
  3. signs and symptoms (animals and humans)
  4. pain
  5. colic
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animal and human health
  3. signs and symptoms (animals and humans)
  4. pain
  5. colic
  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal physiology
  3. neurophysiology
  4. sensation
  5. pain
  6. colic
  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal physiology
  3. neurophysiology
  4. sensation
  5. pain
  6. colic
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. animal physiology
  3. neurophysiology
  4. sensation
  5. pain
  6. colic
  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal physiology
  3. neurophysiology
  4. sensation
  5. pain
  6. colic
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animal physiology
  3. neurophysiology
  4. sensation
  5. pain
  6. colic

Preferred term

colic

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information A clinical syndrome with intermittent abdominal pain characterized by sudden onset and cessation. It is usually associated with obstruction of the intestines; of the cystic duct; or of the urinary tract.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings 2012

    Type: Concept definition

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https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/27874

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