Sign or Symptom
chills
chills [ chils ]
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Signs and Symptoms
Definitions related to chills:
  • A sudden sensation of feeling cold.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2025
  • Shivering or moderate tremors of the body often accompanied by a cold sensation.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Shivering or moderate tremors of the body, this is often accompanied by a cold sensation.
    NICHD Pediatric Terminology
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The sudden sensation of being cold. It may be accompanied by SHIVERING.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • A disorder characterized by a sensation of cold that often marks a physiologic response to sweating after a fever.
    Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events
    U.S. National Institutes of Health, 2021
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