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Milk fever — Milk fever, post parturient hypocalcemia, or parturient paresis is a disease, usually of dairy cows, characterized by reduced blood calcium levels. It is most common in the first few days of lactation, when demand for calcium for milk production… … Wikipedia
Milk allergy — Classification and external resources A glass of pasteurized cow milk. ICD 9 995.3 … Wikipedia
milk — 1. A white liquid, containing proteins, sugar, and lipids, secreted by the mammary glands, and designed for the nourishment of the young. SYN: lac (1). 2. Any whitish milky fluid; e.g., the juice of the coconut or a suspension of various metallic … Medical dictionary
milk snake — noun nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow shaped occipital spot; southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes • Syn: ↑house snake, ↑milk adder, ↑checkered adder, ↑Lampropeltis triangulum • Hypernyms: ↑king snake, ↑kingsnake … Useful english dictionary
Milk substitute — A milk substitute is a liquid that replaces milk in a diet or recipe. This overlaps with but is distinct from the group of milk like liquids called milks because of their similarity to the liquid produced by mammary glands. Lactose intolerance or … Wikipedia
MILK — The milk most commonly mentioned in the Bible is that of sheep and goats (Prov. 27:27; Deut. 32:14), but cows milk was also known and was consumed at least in the form of curds (Isa. 7:21–22). Milk is considered among the finest of foods (Deut.… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
milk — n. the liquid food secreted by female mammals from the mammary gland. It is the sole source of food for the young of most mammals at the start of life. Milk is a complete food in that it has most of the nutrients necessary for life: protein,… … The new mediacal dictionary
milk bank — a place for collection and storage of human milk for dispensing to those who require it, as for infants who are allergic to cows milk and whose mothers milk is unavailable. [1945 50] * * * … Universalium
milk bank — a place for collection and storage of human milk for dispensing to those who require it, as for infants who are allergic to cows milk and whose mothers milk is unavailable. [1945 50] … Useful english dictionary
Milk — (m[i^]lk), n. [AS. meoluc, meoloc, meolc, milc; akin to OFries. meloc, D. melk, G. milch, OHG. miluh, Icel. mj[=o]lk, Sw. mj[ o]lk, Dan. melk, Goth. miluks, G. melken to milk, OHG. melchan, Lith. milszti, L. mulgere, Gr. ame lgein. [root]107. Cf … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
