‖ phlegmasia Path.
(flɛgˈmeɪsɪə, -zɪə)
Pl. -æ.
[mod.L., a. Gr. ϕλεγµασία (Hippocr.) inflammation. Cf. F. phlegmasie.]
Inflammation, esp. inflammation accompanied by fever.
phlegmasia dolens, or phlegmasia alba dolens, inflammation of the veins of the leg, with severe pain, swelling, hardness, and whiteness, occurring in women after childbirth; also called milk-leg or white-leg.
| 1706 Phillips, Phlegmasia, an Inflammation. 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp., Phlegmasia, a word used by some of the medical writers for an inflammation. 1800 J. Hull (title) An Essay on Phlegmasia Dolens. 1859 Semple Diphtheria 1 The mucous tissue..is also the seat of very different kinds of phlegmasiæ. |