milk leg

American  

noun

Pathology.

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

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milk leg British  

noun

1. 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

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Etymology

Origin of milk leg

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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

From More Tish by Rinehart, Mary Roberts

She is a likely old woman with a milk leg.

From Samantha at Saratoga by Holley, Marietta

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

From Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle by Ford, Sewell

It came in the shape of a milk leg.

From Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle by Ford, Sewell

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

From More Tish by Rinehart, Mary Roberts