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Found 1 hit - Term: saturnine colic, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
saturnine \sat"urnine\, a. l. saturnus the god saturn, also,
   the planet saturn: cf. f. saturnin of or pertaining to lead
   saturn, in old chemistry, meaning lead, saturnien
   saturnine, saturnian. see saturn.
   1. born under, or influenced by, the planet saturn.
      1913 webster

   2. heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; -- the opposite of
      mercurial; as, a saturnine person or temper. --addison.
      1913 webster

   3. old chem. of or pertaining to lead; characterized by, or
      resembling, lead, which was formerly called saturn.
      archaic
      1913 webster

   saturnine colic med., lead colic.
      1913 webster
see also:
saturn mercurial saturnine colic 

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Saturnine, definition of term: Saturnine
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Colic, definition of term: Colic
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