Sign or Symptom
chills
chills [ chils ]
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Signs and Symptoms
Definitions related to chills:
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A sudden sensation of feeling cold.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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Shivering or moderate tremors of the body often accompanied by a cold sensation.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Shivering or moderate tremors of the body, this is often accompanied by a cold sensation.NICHD Pediatric TerminologyU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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The sudden sensation of being cold. It may be accompanied by SHIVERING.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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A disorder characterized by a sensation of cold that often marks a physiologic response to sweating after a fever.Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse EventsU.S. National Institutes of Health, 2021
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