phlegmasia

English

Etymology

From New Latin , from Ancient Greek φλεγμᾰσία (phlegmasía, “inflammation”), from φλέγμα (phlégma, “flame”) (whence also phlegm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flɛɡˈmeɪzi.ə/, /flɛɡˈmeɪʒə/

Noun

phlegmasia (usually uncountable, plural phlegmasiae)

1. (medicine) An inflammation, especially of the internal organs.

Derived terms

• phlegmasia alba dolens
• phlegmasia cerulea dolens
• phlegmasia dolens

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “phlegmasia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)