phlegmasia noun. [flɛg'meɪzɪǝ] Pl. -iae [-ɪi:]. E18.
[mod. Latin from Greek.]
Medicine. Orig., inflammation, esp. inflammation accompanied by fever. Now spec. (a) (in full phlegmasia alba dolens [,albǝ 'dǝʊlɛnz], also phlegmasia dolens [Latin alba (fem.) white, dolens painful]), inflammation of veins of the leg with swelling and whiteness, caused by thrombophlebitis; (b) (in full phlegmasia cerulea dolens [sɛ,ru:lɪǝ 'dǝʊlɛnz] [Latin caerulea (fem.) blue]), inflammation of veins of the leg with swelling and cyanosis.

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