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milk leg
noun
Pathology.
- a painful swelling of the leg soon after childbirth, due to thrombosis of the large veins.
milk leg
noun
- inflammation and thrombosis of the femoral vein following childbirth, characterized by painful swelling of the leg Also calledwhite leg Technical namephlegmasia alba dolens
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of milk leg1
First recorded in 1895–1900
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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.
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He was subject to attacks of pain in the milk leg.
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Perhaps it was that Silver's milk leg was stubborn in yielding to treatment.
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She is a likely old woman with a milk leg.
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"He's got a milk leg," I said, and set the coffee kettle off.
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