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Milk fever — Milk fever, post parturient hypocalcemia, or parturient paresis is a disease, usually of dairy cows, characterized by reduced blood calcium levels. It is most common in the first few days of lactation, when demand for calcium for milk production… … Wikipedia
Milk fever — Milk Milk (m[i^]lk), n. [AS. meoluc, meoloc, meolc, milc; akin to OFries. meloc, D. melk, G. milch, OHG. miluh, Icel. mj[=o]lk, Sw. mj[ o]lk, Dan. melk, Goth. miluks, G. melken to milk, OHG. melchan, Lith. milszti, L. mulgere, Gr. ame lgein.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
milk fever — n. 1. Now Rare mild puerperal fever: so called because erroneously attributed to an accumulation of milk in the breasts 2. a disease often occurring in dairy cows shortly after calving, characterized by a drop in blood calcium, paralysis, etc … English World dictionary
milk fever — n 1) a febrile disorder following parturition 2) a disease of newly lactating cows, sheep, or goats that is caused by excessive drain on the body mineral reserves during the establishment of the milk flow called also parturient apoplexy,… … Medical dictionary
milk fever — milk′ fe ver n. 1) pat fever coinciding with the beginning of lactation, formerly believed to be due to lactation but really due to infection 2) vet a disorder of calcium metabolism affecting dairy cows after calving, causing somnolence and hind… … From formal English to slang
milk fever — noun 1》 an acute illness in female cows or other animals that have just produced young, caused by calcium deficiency. 2》 a fever in women caused by infection after childbirth, formerly supposed to be due to the swelling of the breasts with milk … English new terms dictionary
milk fever — noun 1. : any of various febrile disorders (as puerperal fever) that follow parturition and are popularly associated with the establishment of lactation 2. a. : a disease of recently calved cows or occasionally sheep or goats that is closely… … Useful english dictionary
milk fever — slight elevation of fever following childbirth; acute illness in cows or other female animals that have just given birth … English contemporary dictionary
milk fever — noun Date: 1753 1. a febrile disorder following parturition 2. a disease of fresh cows, sheep, or goats that is caused by excessive drain on the body mineral reserves during the establishment of the milk flow … New Collegiate Dictionary
milk fever — /ˈmɪlk fivə/ (say milk feevuh) noun → hypocalcaemia …
