Milk leg Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun painful thrombosis of the femoral vein in the leg following childbirth
phlegmasia alba dolens; white leg.
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(Med.) , a swollen condition of the leg, usually in puerperal women, caused by an inflammation of veins, and characterized by a white appearance occasioned by an accumulation of serum and sometimes of pus in the cellular tissue.