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Accompanied by a chill; characterized by shivering. Cf. rigor, n. 1. Obsolete. rare.
Striking suddenly (with fever, paralysis, etc.).
involving the vagus nerve and the vascular system: applied to an attack (often the result of emotional stress) in which there is a slowing of the…