Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Pain in the spine, especially neuralgic pain. Also rhachialgia.
  • noun Painters' colic.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) A painful affection of the spine; especially, Pott's disease; also, formerly, lead colic.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun medicine A painful condition of the spine, especially Pott's disease or (formerly) lead colic.

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek ῥάχις (rakhis, "backbone") + ἄλγος (algos, "pain") +‎ -ia.

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