HyperDic: milk_sickness

English > 2 senses of the expression milk sickness:
NOUNstatemilk sickness, tremblesdisease of livestock and especially cattle poisoned by eating certain kinds of snakeroot
statemilk sicknesscaused by consuming milk from cattle suffering from trembles
English > milk sickness: 2 senses > noun 1, state
Meaningdisease of livestock and especially cattle poisoned by eating certain kinds of snakeroot.
Synonymtrembles
Broaderanimal diseaseA disease that typically does not affect human beings
English > milk sickness: 2 senses > noun 2, state
MeaningCaused by consuming milk from cattle suffering from trembles.
BroaderdiseaseAn impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning

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