English Explanatory Dictionary

hide-and-die syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An apparent self-protective behaviour in the final stages of hypothermia, during which the afflicted enters a small enclosed space.

Word forms

hide-and-die syndrome

Synonyms

terminal burrowing
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