milk fever (English, noun)
expansion: milk fever (uncountable)
Senses:
glosses: A type of fever caused by infection, occurring in women shortly after childbirth (previously associated with the start of lactation).
tags: uncountable
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
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veterinary
zoology
glosses: An acute metabolic disorder occurring at the start of lactation and caused by calcium deficiency, which primarily affects dairy cows.
tags: uncountable
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