chill (chil) a sensation of cold, with convulsive shaking of the body.
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chill (ch l)n. A feeling of cold, with shivering and pallor, sometimes accompanied by an elevation of temperature in the interior of the body. |
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Etymology: AS, cele
1 the sensation of cold caused by exposure to a cold environment.
2 an attack of shivering with pallor and a feeling of coldness, often occurring at the beginning of an infection and accompanied by a rapid rise in temperature.
chill
see rigor, hypothermia.
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Clinical medicine 1. A sensation of coldness often accompanied by shivering, chattering of teeth, goosebumps–gooseflesh, and skin pallor, which may follow exposure to a cold, damp environment, or precede or occur at the same time
as a cold; chills are a response to an abrupt disparity between the set point of the hypothalamic thermostat and the blood temperature
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