milk molar

Milk \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. {Milch}, {Emulsion}, {Milt} soft
   roe of fishes.]
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   1. (Physiol.) A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of
      female mammals for the nourishment of their young,
      consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a
      solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic
      salts. "White as morne milk." --Chaucer.
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   2. (Bot.) A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color,
      found in certain plants; latex. See {Latex}.
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   3. An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of
      almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and
      water.
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   4. (Zool.) The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.
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   {Condensed milk}. See under {Condense}, v. t.

   {Milk crust} (Med.), vesicular eczema occurring on the face
      and scalp of nursing infants. See {Eczema}.

   {Milk fever}.
      (a) (Med.) A fever which accompanies or precedes the first
          lactation. It is usually transitory.
      (b) (Vet. Surg.) A form puerperal peritonitis in cattle;
          also, a variety of meningitis occurring in cows after
          calving.

   {Milk glass}, glass having a milky appearance.

   {Milk knot} (Med.), a hard lump forming in the breast of a
      nursing woman, due to obstruction to the flow of milk and
      congestion of the mammary glands.

   {Milk leg} (Med.), a swollen condition of the leg, usually in
      puerperal women, caused by an inflammation of veins, and
      characterized by a white appearance occasioned by an
      accumulation of serum and sometimes of pus in the cellular
      tissue.

   {Milk meats}, food made from milk, as butter and cheese.
      [Obs.] --Bailey.

   {Milk mirror}. Same as {Escutcheon}, 2.

   {Milk molar} (Anat.), one of the deciduous molar teeth which
      are shed and replaced by the premolars.

   {Milk of lime} (Chem.), a watery emulsion of calcium hydrate,
      produced by macerating quicklime in water.

   {Milk parsley} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Peucedanum
      palustre}) of Europe and Asia, having a milky juice.

   {Milk pea} (Bot.), a genus ({Galactia}) of leguminous and,
      usually, twining plants.

   {Milk sickness} (Med.), See {milk sickness} in the
      vocabulary.

   {Milk snake} (Zool.), a harmless American snake ({Ophibolus
      triangulus}, or {Ophibolus eximius}). It is variously
      marked with white, gray, and red. Called also {milk
      adder}, {chicken snake}, {house snake}, etc.

   {Milk sugar}. (Physiol. Chem.) See {Lactose}, and {Sugar of
      milk} (below).

   {Milk thistle} (Bot.), an esculent European thistle ({Silybum
      marianum}), having the veins of its leaves of a milky
      whiteness.

   {Milk thrush}. (Med.) See {Thrush}.

   {Milk tooth} (Anat.), one of the temporary first set of teeth
      in young mammals; in man there are twenty.

   {Milk tree} (Bot.), a tree yielding a milky juice, as the cow
      tree of South America ({Brosimum Galactodendron}), and the
      {Euphorbia balsamifera} of the Canaries, the milk of both
      of which is wholesome food.

   {Milk vessel} (Bot.), a special cell in the inner bark of a
      plant, or a series of cells, in which the milky juice is
      contained. See {Latex}.

   {Rock milk}. See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}.

   {Sugar of milk}. The sugar characteristic of milk; a hard
      white crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained by
      evaporation of the whey of milk. It is used in pellets and
      powder as a vehicle for homeopathic medicines, and as an
      article of diet. See {Lactose}.
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