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milk leg

noun

, Pathology.
  1. a painful swelling of the leg soon after childbirth, due to thrombosis of the large veins.


milk leg

noun

  1. inflammation and thrombosis of the femoral vein following childbirth, characterized by painful swelling of the leg Also calledwhite leg Technical namephlegmasia alba dolens
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of milk leg1

First recorded in 1895–1900
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Example Sentences

One of dad's calves made him look as though he had a milk leg, cause the padding would not stay around where the calf ought to be, but worked around towards his shin.

He was subject to attacks of pain in the milk leg.

Perhaps it was that Silver's milk leg was stubborn in yielding to treatment.

She is a likely old woman with a milk leg.

"He's got a milk leg," I said, and set the coffee kettle off.

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