English Explanatory Dictionary

algor mortis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The reduction in body temperature following death.

Word forms

algor mortis

Etymology

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

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