milk sickness

milk sick·ness

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Definitions of milk sickness words

noun milk sickness 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. 1
noun milk sickness an acute disease characterized by weakness, vomiting, and constipation, caused by ingestion of the flesh or dairy products of cattle affected with trembles 0
noun milk sickness a rare disease, formerly common in the W U.S., caused by consuming dairy products or flesh from cattle that have eaten any of various poisonous weeds 0

before 1815

One of the 39% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1815-25

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