milk fever
milk fe·ver
M m Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [milk fee-ver]
- /mɪlk ˈfi vər/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [milk fee-ver]
- /mɪlk ˈfi vər/
Definitions of milk fever words
- noun milk fever Pathology. fever coinciding with the beginning of lactation, formerly believed to be due to lactation but really due to infection. 1
- noun milk fever Veterinary Pathology. an acute disorder of calcium metabolism affecting dairy cows shortly after calving, causing somnolence and paralysis of the hind legs. 1
- noun milk fever a fever that sometimes occurs shortly after childbirth, once thought to result from engorgement of the breasts with milk but now thought to be caused by infection 0
- noun milk fever a disease of cows, goats, etc, occurring shortly after parturition, characterized by low blood calcium levels, paralysis, and loss of consciousness 0
- noun milk fever mild puerperal fever 0
- noun milk fever a disease often occurring in dairy cows shortly after calving, characterized by a drop in blood calcium, paralysis, etc. 0
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Origin of milk fever
First appearance:
before 1750 One of the 47% newest English words
First recorded in 1750-60
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Parts of speech for Milk fever
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
milk fever popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 69% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
milk fever usage trend in Literature
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