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milk sickness

milk sickness noun: a condition, with trembling and vomiting, caused by ingestion of milk, meat, etc. from a cow that has fed on white snakeroot, which contains the poison tremetol.

Noun

milk sickness (uncountable)

  1. A condition, with trembling and vomiting, caused by ingestion of milk, meat, etc. from a cow that has fed on white snakeroot, which contains the poison tremetol.

Synonyms of milk sickness

Questions about milk sickness

What does milk sickness mean?
Milk sickness means a condition, with trembling and vomiting, caused by ingestion of milk, meat, etc. from a cow that has fed on white snakeroot, which contains the poison tremetol.
What part of speech is milk sickness?
Milk sickness is a noun.

Words near milk sickness in the dictionary

  1. milk scall
  2. milk shake
  3. milk shakes
  4. milk sibling
  5. milk siblings
  6. milk sickness
  7. milk sister
  8. milk sisters
  9. milk skin
  10. milk snail
  11. milk snake

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