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White leg

noun

Painful thrombosis of the femoral vein in the leg following childbirth. Synonyms: milk leg, phlegmasia alba dolens.

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... same costume she had worn the night before, that of a can-can dancer of the 90's. The mesh hose that encased her shapely legs were held up by flowered supporters in such a manner as to leave four inches of white leg exposed between hose top and lacy panties. Her skirt, frilled to suggest innumerable petticoats, fell away at each hip, leaving the front open to expose the full length of legs. She wore a wig of platinum hair encrusted with jewels that sparkled in the lights. ...

— A Bottle of Old Wine • Richard O. Lewis

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Words linked to "White leg" : phlegmasia alba dolens, thrombosis