milk leg

Definition of Milk Leg in English :

painful thrombosis of the femoral vein in the leg following childbirth

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Milk Leg

noun

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

a painful swelling of the leg, caused by inflammation and clotting in the femoral veins, usually as a result of infection during childbirth

n.

A painful swelling of the leg occurring in women after childbirth as a result of clotting and inflammation of the femoral veins.