milk fever

English

Noun

milk fever (uncountable)

A type of fever occurring in women shortly after childbirth (previously associated with the start of lactation).
(veterinary medicine) A fatal metabolic disorder in dairy cattle, occurring at the start of lactation.

Translations

fever after childbirth

Finnish: maitokuume
French: fièvre de lait (fr) f

German: Milchfieber

metabolic disorder of dairy cattle

Finnish: poikimahalvaus

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