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milk leg
noun
a painful swelling of the leg soon after childbirth, due to thrombosis of the large veins.
milk leg
noun
Technical name: phlegmasia alba dolens.Also called: white leg.inflammation and thrombosis of the femoral vein following childbirth, characterized by painful swelling of the leg
Word History and Origins
Origin of milk leg1
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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