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Swelling of a limb; esp. (more fully †phlegmasia alba, phlegmasia dolens) phlegmasia alba dolens; an instance of this. Later also: phlegmasia…
= phlegmasia alba dolens, n.; cf. milk leg n. at milk, n.1 adj.compounds 3a.
phlegmasia alba dolens (deep venous thrombosis of the iliofemoral veins, esp. in a post-partum woman).