Meanings
- uncountableA condition, with trembling and vomiting, caused by ingestion of milk, meat, etc. from a cow that has fed on white snakeroot, which contains the poison tremetol.
Synonyms: galactopathy, milksick, slows, trembles
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA condition, with trembling and vomiting, caused by ingestion of milk, meat, etc. from a cow that has fed on white snakeroot, which contains the poison tremetol.
More synonyms by meaning
noundisease of livestock and especially cattle poisoned by eating certain kinds of snakeroot
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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milk sickness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milk%20sickness
“milk sickness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milk%20sickness. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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