algor mortis

English

Etymology

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

Noun

algor mortis (uncountable)

  1. The reduction in body temperature following death.

Translations
reduction in body temperature following death

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Noun

algor mortis m (uncountable)

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