algor mortis

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin: algor (“cold, coldness”) + mortis (“of death”, genitive singular of mors) = “the cold of death”.

Noun[edit]

algor mortis (uncountable)

  1. The reduction in body temperature following death.

Translations[edit]

reduction in body temperature following death

Further reading[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from Latin algor mortis (literally “the cold of death”), from algor (“cold, coldness”) + mortis (“of death”).

Noun[edit]

algor mortis m (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) algor mortis (reduction in body temperature following death)
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