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]
- The reduction in body temperature following death.
Translations[edit]
reduction in body temperature following death
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Further reading[edit]
- algor mortis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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)
- (medicine) algor mortis (reduction in body temperature following death)
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