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milk sickness
Subject Category
H Health and Pathology
Definition
An acute, often fatal disease caused by the ingestion of milk, milk products, or the flesh of cattle or sheep which have a disease known as trembles. It is marked by weakness, anorexia, vomiting, constipation, and sometimes muscular tremors. It is caused by poisoning by white snakeroot (Eupatorium rugosum) and the rayless goldenrod (Haplopappus heterophyllus).
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Broader Term
plant poisoning
Related Term
Ageratina altissima
Isocoma pluriflora
tremetol
Spanish
enfermedad de la leche
Term Number
286001