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chill (medicine)


chill


1. A sensation of cold.

2. A feeling of cold with shivering and pallor, accompanied by an elevation of temperature in the interior of the body; usually a prodromal symptom of an infectious disease due to the invasion of the blood by toxins.

Synonym: rigor.

Origin: A.S. Cele, cold