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Definition of Trembles
1. Noun. Disease of livestock and especially cattle poisoned by eating certain kinds of snakeroot.
Definition of Trembles
1. tremble [v] - See also: tremble
Medical Definition of Trembles
1. 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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