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Brewer's: Cold Blood

Done in cold blood. (French, sang froid.) Not in the heat of temper; deliberately, and with premeditation. The allusion is to the ancient notion that the blood grew hot and cold, and this…

Brewer's: Cold-blooded Animals

As a rule, all invertebrate animals, and all fishes and reptiles, are called cold-blooded, because the temperature of their blood is about equal to the medium in which they live. Source…

Brewer's: Cold-blooded Persons

Those not easily excited; those whose passions are not easily roused; those whose circulation is sluggish. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Cold-chiselCold-…

frostbite

(Encyclopedia) frostbite (chilblains), injury to the tissue caused by exposure to cold, usually affecting the extremities of the body, such as the hands, feet, ears, or nose. Extreme cold causes the…

The Common Cold

Source: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health. The problem. In the course of a year, individuals in the United States suffer one billion colds,…

Brewer's: Blood

Family descent. “And hath made of one blood all nations of men.”- Acts xvii. 26. Blood thicker than water. Relationship has a claim which is generally acknowledged. It is better to seek…

cyanosis

(Encyclopedia) cyanosiscyanosissīˌənōˈsĭs [key], bluish coloration of the skin, mucous membranes, and nailbeds, resulting from a lack of oxygenated hemoglobin in the blood. It is a symptom of many…

sinus

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Sinuses of the face sinus, cavity or hollow space in the body, usually filled with air or blood. In humans the paranasal sinuses, mucus-lined cavities in the bones of the face…

shock

(Encyclopedia) shock, any condition in which the circulatory system is unable to provide adequate circulation to the body tissues, also called circulatory failure or circulatory collapse. Shock…

Brewer's: Cold-chisel

(A ). A chisel of tempered steel for cutting cold metal. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Cold Drawn OilCold-blooded Persons A B C D E F G H I J K…