"milk fever" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} milk fever (uncountable)
  1. A type of fever caused by infection, occurring in women shortly after childbirth (previously associated with the start of lactation). Tags: uncountable Translations (fever after childbirth): maitokuume (Finnish), fièvre de lait [feminine] (French), Milchfieber (German)
    Sense id: en-milk_fever-en-noun-Q7zbley6 Disambiguation of 'fever after childbirth': 85 15
  2. (veterinary medicine) An acute metabolic disorder occurring at the start of lactation and caused by calcium deficiency, which primarily affects dairy cows. Tags: uncountable Categories (lifeform): Veterinary medicine Synonyms: postparturient hypocalcemia, parturient paresis Translations (metabolic disorder of dairy cattle): poikimahalvaus (Finnish), doði [masculine] (Icelandic)
    Sense id: en-milk_fever-en-noun-cOMEhbLg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, pathology, sciences, veterinary, zoology Disambiguation of 'metabolic disorder of dairy cattle': 16 84

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