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milk leg definition

milk leg

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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