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PHLEGMASIA ALBA DOLENS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does phlegmasia alba dolens mean?
• PHLEGMASIA ALBA DOLENS (noun)
The noun PHLEGMASIA ALBA DOLENS has 1 sense:
1. painful thrombosis of the femoral vein in the leg following childbirth
Familiarity information: PHLEGMASIA ALBA DOLENS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PHLEGMASIA ALBA DOLENS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Painful thrombosis of the femoral vein in the leg following childbirth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
milk leg; phlegmasia alba dolens; white leg
Hypernyms ("phlegmasia alba dolens" 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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