| trembles | An intoxication of cattle, caused by eating white snakeroot, Eupatorium urticaefolium, or the rayless goldenrod; the active agent is a higher alcohol, tremetol, which intoxicated cows eliminate in their milk, causing milk sickness when ingested by humans. Origin: L. Tremulus, trembling, fr. Tremo, to tremble (05 Mar 2000) |
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