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The severe stabbing pain that occurs when a kidney stone passes through a ureter.
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The name given to an intermittent, but often very severe, abdominal pain which is most commonly caused by a tiny stone passing down the ureter, which is the tube which connects the kidney to the bladder.
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sharp pain in the lower back that radiates into the groin; associated with the passage of a renal calculus through the ureter
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A severe pain on one side of the lower back, usually as a result of a kidney stone.
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Flank pain caused by obstruction to the flow of urine, often caused by kidney or uretal stones.
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Sharp, severe pain in the lower back, over the kidney, radiating forward into the groin.
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Colic: spasm in any hollow or tubular organ accompanied by pain. In urology, renal colic caused by expansion of the collecting system to obstruction caused by passage of a stone, clot or foreign body. Marked by intense pain and waves of spasm. The extremely severe pain associated with a kidney stone attack.
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Renal colic is a type of pain commonly caused by kidney stones.
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