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    MILK LEG

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Painful thrombosis of the femoral vein in the leg following childbirthplay

    Synonyms:

    milk leg; phlegmasia alba dolens; white leg

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("milk leg" is a kind of...):

    thrombosis (the formation or presence of a thrombus (a clot of coagulated blood attached at the site of its formation) in a blood vessel)

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