noun
trembles
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Another name for milk sickness, a poisoning illness in livestock and people caused by eating tremetol-contaminated plants or dairy.
"Pioneer families sometimes lost loved ones to the trembles after cattle grazed on white snakeroot."
How to Use Trembles
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn old rural name for milk sickness, a once-mysterious illness traced to cows eating a poisonous plant and passing the toxin on through their milk.
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A historical or regional term rather than standard modern medical usage.
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Pioneer families sometimes lost loved ones to the _____ after cattle grazed on white snakeroot.