Definitions for chills
chills

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1. chillsnoun

   A feeling of being cold, a symptom of many conditions.

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1. Chills

   Chills is a feeling of coldness occurring during a high fever, but sometimes is also a common symptom which occurs alone in specific people. It occurs during fever due to the release of cytokines and prostaglandins as part of the inflammatory response, which increases the set point for body temperature in the hypothalamus. The increased set point causes the body temperature to rise (pyrexia), but also makes the patient feel cold or chills until the new set point is reached. Shivering also occurs along with chills because the patient's body produces heat during muscle contraction in a physiological attempt to increase body temperature to the new set point. When it does not accompany a high fever, it is normally a light chill. Sometimes a chill of medium power and short duration may occur during a scare, especially in scares of fear, commonly interpreted like or confused by trembling. Severe chills with violent shivering are called rigors.

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1. Chills

   Chills or rigor is a shaking occurring during a high fever. It occurs because cytokines and prostaglandins are released as part of an immune response and increase the set point for body temperature in the hypothalamus. "Rigor" is sometimes considered a synonym for "chills".

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1. Chills

   The sudden sensation of being cold. It may be accompanied by SHIVERING.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chills in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chills in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of chills in a Sentence

1. Julia Saravia:

   I truly believe nobody would imagine something like this would ever happen at a food festival, now thinking back at that comment, it gives me the chills to think someone had this satanic plan to actually enter the festival to solely kill as many innocent people as possible.

2. Brenda Munnerlyn of Greenwood:

   He just gave me cold chills.

3. Bob Iger:

   It gives me chills, it's why I feel so optimistic I think.

4. Eric Larsen:

   Worst-case scenario, the ambient temperature is minus 50 and you're dealing with wind chills that are even colder than that, it can be a complete whiteout, like being on the inside of a ping-pong ball.

5. Lilly Ledbetter:

   I get chills and goosebumps today just thinking about it... knowing how fierce she was.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Chills
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chills
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=chills