milk leg

leg (leg)

1. the part of the lower limb between the knee and ankle.

2. in common usage, the entire lower limb, with the part below the knee being called the lower leg .

3. any of the four limbs of a quadruped.

bandy leg bowleg.

bayonet leg ankylosis of the knee after backward displacement of the tibia and fibula.

bow leg see bowleg.

restless legs a disagreeable, creeping, irritating sensation in the legs, usually the lower legs, relieved only by walking or keeping the legs moving.

scissor leg deformity with crossing of the legs in walking.

milk leg

A painful swelling of the leg occurring in women after childbirth as a result of clotting and inflammation of the femoral veins. Also called phlegmasia alba dolens.

milk leg.

See phlegmasia alba dolens.

Milk Leg

Extensive deep vein or iliofemoral thrombosis due to stasis of uterine blood, accompanied by painful swelling and pallor of the entire leg, a condition once common in parturition—hence, ‘milk leg’—more often seen in recent abdominal or pelvic surgery; with progression, veins become thrombosed, blood can’t return to heart, leg becomes cool, painful—cyanotic phlegmasia (cerulea dolens)—painful blue leg

leg [leg]

1. that section of the lower limb between the knee and ankle; called also crus.

2. in common usage, the entire lower limb (in which case, the part below the knee is called the lower leg).

3. any of the four limbs of a quadruped.

bayonet leg ankylosis of the knee after backward displacement of the tibia and fibula.

bow leg see bowleg.

milk leg phlegmasia alba dolens.

restless l's restless legs syndrome.

leg

strictly, the part of the limb supported by the tibia; generally, see limb (1), forelimb, hindlimb.

leg band

plastic band worn around the pastern in cows. Makes identification easy in pit-type milking sheds, but a band is needed on each hindlimb and muddy lanes make the numbers difficult to read. Metal bands or rings are also placed on the legs of caged birds for identification purposes.

bow leg

genu varum.

leg mange

occurs in horses, cattle and sheep; caused by chorioptesbovis.

milk leg

severe lameness in senior dairy cows due to degenerative arthritis of the femorotibial joint. Presumed due to long-term negative calcium balance in heavy milking cows.

'milk' leg

Phlegmasia alba dolens Obstetrics Extensive deep vein or iliofemoral thrombosis due to stasis of uterine blood, accompanied by painful swelling and pallor of the entire leg, a condition once common in parturition–hence, 'milk leg', more often seen after abdominal or pelvic surgery; with progression, veins become thrombosed, blood can't return to heart, leg becomes cool, painful, cyanotic–phlegmasia cerulea dolens–painful blue leg. See Deep vein thrombosis.

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