请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 milk sickness
释义

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.

Origin of milk sickness

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25

Words nearby milk sickness

milk ring test, milk round, milk run, milk shake, milkshed, milk sickness, milk snake, milksop, milk spots, milk stout, milk sugar
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for milk sickness

  • The really successful author in America is, like the milk-sickness, never visible, except on the remote horizon.

    A Fortnight of Folly|Maurice Thompson

British Dictionary definitions for milk sickness

milk sickness

noun

an acute disease characterized by weakness, vomiting, and constipation, caused by ingestion of the flesh or dairy products of cattle affected with trembles
vet science another name for trembles (def. 1)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for milk sickness

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.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
随便看

 

英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/25 15:28:03