milk fever: Meaning and Definition of
milk' fe"ver
- fever coinciding with the beginning of lactation, formerly believed to be due to lactation but really due to infection.
- an acute disorder of calcium metabolism affecting dairy cows shortly after calving, causing somnolence and paralysis of the hind legs.
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