Medical Dictionary

postphlebitic syndrome

noun

Medical Definition of POSTPHLEBITIC SYNDROME

:  chronic venous insufficiency with associated pathological manifestations (as pain, edema, stasis dermatitis, varicose veins, and ulceration) following thrombophlebitis of the deep veins of the leg

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