a fever that sometimes occurs shortly after childbirth, once thought to result from engorgement of the breasts with milk but now thought to be caused by infection
2. Also called: parturient fever, eclampsia veterinary science
a disease of cows, goats, etc, occurring shortly after parturition, characterized by low blood calcium levels, paralysis, and loss of consciousness
milk fever in American English
1. 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.