chill

(chil). A shivering or shaking; an attack of involuntary contractions of the voluntary muscles, accompanied by a sense of cold and pallor of the skin. congestive c., pernicious malaria with gastro-intestinal congestion and diarrhea, preceded by a chill. creeping c., a chilly sensation. without any definite tremor or chattering of the teeth. c’s and fever, a popular name for intermittent fever. nervous C., a tremor due to some form of excitement and unaccompanied by alter.- tion of temperature. shaking c., a chill in which there is a definite tremor. urethral c., a chil'y sensation, with or without tremor, sometimes following the pa age of a catheter.