| milk-ejection reflex | Release of milk from the breast following tactile stimulation of the nipple; the afferent path is postulated to exist from the nipple to the hypothalamus; the efferent limb is represented by the neurohypophysial release of oxytocin into the systemic circulation; contraction of myoepithelial elements within the breast, caused by oxytocin, moves milk into the collecting ducts and toward the nipple. Synonym: let-down reflex, milk let-down reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| milk-ring test | A special form of agglutination test done on the pooled milk of many cows, usually entire herds, for the detection of herds containing individuals infected with bovine brucellosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| milker's nodule virus | A virus in the family Poxviridae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| milkers' nodes | An infection of cows' udders by pseudocowpox virus, a member of the Poxviridae, that is transmitted to the fingers and hands of milkers, producing nodules and lymphangitis, and occasionally widespread papular or papulovesicular eruptions; human infection is transferable to uninfected cows. Synonym: milkers' nodes, paravaccinia, pseudocowpox. (05 Mar 2000) |
| milkers' nodules | An infection of cows' udders by pseudocowpox virus, a member of the Poxviridae, that is transmitted to the fingers and hands of milkers, producing nodules and lymphangitis, and occasionally widespread papular or papulovesicular eruptions; human infection is transferable to uninfected cows. Synonym: milkers' nodes, paravaccinia, pseudocowpox. (05 Mar 2000) |
| milkmaid | A woman who milks cows or is employed in the dairy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Milkman's syndrome | <syndrome> Osteomalacia with multiple pseudofractures, usually bilateral and symmetrical, may develop true pathologic fractures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Milkman, Louis | <person> U.S. Roentgenologist, 1895-1951. See: Milkman's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| milkpox | A mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent strain of the virus. Synonym: Cuban itch, Kaffir pox, milkpox, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, variola minor, West Indian smallpox, whitepox. Origin: Pg. Alastrar, to scatter over (05 Mar 2000) |
| milkweed | <botany> Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates, abounding in a milky juice, and having its seed attached to a long silky down; silkweed. The name is also applied to several other plants with a milky juice, as to several kinds of spurge. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| milkwort | <botany> A genus of plants (Polygala) of many species. The common European P. Vulgaris was supposed to have the power of producing a flow of milk in nurses. The species of Campanula, or bellflower, are sometimes called milkwort, from their juice. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| milky | 1. Consisting of, or containing, milk. "Pails high foaming with a milky flood." (Pope) 2. Like, or somewhat like, milk; whitish and turbid; as, the water is milky. "Milky juice." 3. Yielding milk. "Milky mothers." 4. Mild; tame; spiritless. "Has friendship such a faint and milky heart?" (Shak) Milky Way. <astronomy> See Galaxy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| milky ascites | <gastroenterology> A large collection of lymph fluid in the abdominal cavity, sometimes secondary to blockage of the main lymph duct or injury to it. (27 Sep 1997) |
| milky urine | Urine of a milky appearance, containing chyle. Synonym: milky urine. (05 Mar 2000) |