algor mortis
English
Etymology
Latin: algor (“cold, coldness”) + mortis (“of death”, genitive singular of mors) = “the cold of death”.
Translations
reduction in body temperature following death
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Etymology
Latin: algor (“cold”, “coldness”) + mortis (“of death”, genitive singular of mors) = “the cold of death”
Noun
- (medicine) algor mortis (reduction in body temperature following death)
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