LEG

n. Leag. Gr.. o-ictAos, KVWT\. Lat., crus. Fr., jambe. Ger., Bein. 1. A limb used in walking; in man, the lower limb, especially that portion of it that extends from the knee to the ankle. 2. A supporting pillar. Ambulatory 1. In crustaceans, the locomotor appendages in contradistinction to those limbs which are modified, as in maxillipeds. [a, 39.] Bandy-1's. See GENU ra-,-,(! _Barb a does 1. Lat., crus bar bad i cum, bucnemia tropic a. Elephantiasis of the 1. [a, 34.]-Black 1. of Canada. A form of purpura said to prevail among the lumbermen of Canada. Bowed 1's. See GENU varum. Cochin 1. Elephantiasis of the leg Cro ed 1's. Ankylosis of the hip joint producing cro ing of the Ts. ["Lancet," 1880, p. 696 (a, 34).] Dentists' 1. Severe pain occurring in the 1. muscles of dentists, probably due to a mechanical impediment to the circulation through the rigidly contracted muscles and their a ociated nerves. [G. Johnson, "Lancet," Aug. 15, 1885, p. 282 (a, 34).] Dover's 1. Hypochondriasis. [L 290 ] Lawn-tennis 1. A rupture of some of the calf muscles, Weeping 1. A 1. affected with eczema madidans. [G.] White 1. See PHLEGMASIA alba. [s. 600]