algid
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- algidity noun
- algidness noun
Etymology
Origin of algid
1620–30; < Latin algidus “cold,” from algēre “to be cold”
Example Sentences
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For, of all the miracles!—I could not doubt—an actual aroma like peach-blossom was in the algid air about me!
From The Purple Cloud by Shiel, M. P. (Matthew Phipps)
Yet the efficacy of this powerful agency is by no means comparable to that which it produces in the algid forms of malarial fever.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
In the comatose form the surface is preternaturally warm, of a muddy, semi-jaundiced hue, and the pulse and temperature both indicate the feverish rather than the algid state.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Equally ineffectual are other means used for communicating heat to the algid body and thereby reviving its functions.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The algid or congestive form occurs more frequently than either of the others.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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