milk leg


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

Origin of milk leg

1
First recorded in 1895–1900

Words Nearby milk leg

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How to use milk leg in a sentence

  • She wouldn't believe me if I did—though why a fellow would make up a milk leg I don't know.

    More Tish | Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • "He's got a milk leg," I said, and set the coffee kettle off.

    More Tish | Mary Roberts Rinehart

British Dictionary definitions for milk leg

milk leg

noun
  1. inflammation and thrombosis of the femoral vein following childbirth, characterized by painful swelling of the leg: Also called: white leg Technical name: phlegmasia alba dolens

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