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Meaning of ALGID

Pronunciation:  'aljid

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  (medicine) chilly; "a person who is algid is marked by prostration and has cold clammy skin and low blood pressure"
 
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 Synonyms: cold
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Al"gid\, a. [L. algidus cold, fr. algere to be cold: cf.
F. algide.]
Cold; chilly. --Bailey.
{Algid cholera} (Med.), Asiatic cholera.
 
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