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milk sickness
noun Pathology.
a disease of humans, formerly common in some parts of the Middle West, caused by consuming milk from cattle that have been poisoned by eating certain kinds of snakeroot.
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1815–25, Americanism
1815–25, Americanism
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World English Dictionary
| milk sickness | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an acute disease characterized by weakness, vomiting, and constipation, caused by ingestion of the flesh or dairy products of cattle affected with trembles |
| 2. | vet science another name for trembles |
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Medical Dictionary
milk sickness n.
An acute, now rare disease characterized by trembling, vomiting, and severe intestinal pain, caused by eating dairy products or meat from a cow that has fed on white snakeroot.
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