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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesfrisson
Pronunciation / Transliteration: fris-sɔ̃
"Il a ressenti un algor soudain dans la pièce froide."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A sudden or abnormal sense of chilliness, shivering, or a literal drop in bodily temperature.
"The patient experienced an intense algor preceding the onset of the intermittent fever." - 2
In forensic pathology, specifically used as part of 'algor mortis' to denote the cooling of the body after death.
"Forensic investigators measured the rate of algor mortis to help estimate the time of death."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin noun 'algor', meaning coldness, originating from the verb 'algere' meaning to be cold. It entered specialized medical and scientific English usage in the 19th century, primarily preserved in terms related to physiological temperature drops such as algor mortis.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Algor" is said worldwide
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frisson
Transliteration: fris-sɔ̃
"Il a ressenti un algor soudain dans la pièce froide."
Kälte
Transliteration: kɛltə
"Die Leichenkälte wird in der Rechtsmedizin genau gemessen."
freddezza
Transliteration: fred-det-tsa
"Un improvviso algor ha pervaso il suo corpo."
algor
Transliteration: al-ɣoɾ
"El algor mortis ayuda a determinar las horas transcurridas desde el deceso."
frieza
Transliteration: fɾiˈezɐ
"O algor no corpo foi notado pelos peritos."
शीतलता
Transliteration: shītalatā
"शव की शीतलता से मृत्यु के समय का अंदाज़ा लगाया गया।"
尸冷
Transliteration: shī lěng
"法医通过测量尸冷来推算死亡时间。"
시냉
Transliteration: si-naeng
"법의학자들은 사망 후 체온 저하를 측정했다."
死冷
Transliteration: shirei
"死後硬直と死冷の進行度を確認した。"
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