MILK SICKNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Caused by consuming milk from cattle suffering from trembles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("milk sickness" is a kind of...):

disease (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)

Meaning:

Disease of livestock and especially cattle poisoned by eating certain kinds of snakeroot

Synonyms:

milk sickness; trembles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("milk sickness" is a kind of...):

animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)