milk fever en · NOUN
Meanings
- (uncountable) A type of fever caused by infection, occurring in women shortly after childbirth (previously associated with the start of lactation).
- (uncountable) An acute metabolic disorder occurring at the start of lactation and caused by calcium deficiency, which primarily affects dairy cows.
Synonyms
parturient paresis · postparturient hypocalcemia
Translations (7)
tr hipokalsemi (metabolic disorder of dairy cattle) · fi maitokuume (fever after childbirth) · tr süt humması (metabolic disorder of dairy cattle) · fr fièvre de lait (fever after childbirth) · is doði (metabolic disorder of dairy cattle) · de Milchfieber (fever after childbirth) · fi poikimahalvaus (metabolic disorder of dairy cattle)