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biliary colic

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biliary colic [′bil·ē‚er·ē ′käl·ik]
(medicine)
Severe abdominal pain caused by passage of a gallstone through the bile ducts into the duodenum.


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Accurate diagnosis of acute cholecystitis versus a bad case of biliary colic is not always obvious, but distinguishing between the two has important therapeutic implications.
 
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