noun Pathology.
- a painful swelling of the leg soon after childbirth, due to thrombosis of the large veins.
noun
- inflammation and thrombosis of the femoral vein following childbirth, characterized by painful swelling of the legAlso called: white leg Technical name: phlegmasia alba dolens
n.
- A painful swelling of the leg occurring in women after childbirth as a result of clotting and inflammation of the femoral veins.phlegmasia alba dolens