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Descriptor English: Shivering
Descriptor Spanish: Tiritona
Descriptor tiritona
Entry term(s) temblor por fiebre
temblor por frío
temblores febriles
temblores por frío
tiritones
tiritón
Scope note: Contracción o movimiento muscular involuntario. Es un modo fisiológico de producir calor en los mamíferos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Tremor por Sensação de Frio
Descriptor French: Frissonnement
Entry term(s): Shiverings
Tree number(s): G07.110.232.778.500
G07.410.421.778.500
G16.012.500.535.778.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012768
Scope note: Involuntary contraction or twitching of the muscles. It is a physiologic method of heat production in man and other mammals.
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
ES ethics
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Public MeSH Note: 70
History Note: 70(64)
DeCS ID: 13146
Unique ID: D012768
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Date Established: 1970/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/23
Shivering - Preferred
Concept UI M0019779
Scope note Involuntary contraction or twitching of the muscles. It is a physiologic method of heat production in man and other mammals.
Preferred term Shivering
Entry term(s) Shiverings



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