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ALGID

Dictionary entry overview: What does algid mean?

• ALGID (adjective)
The adjective ALGID has 1 sense:

1. chilly

Familiarity information: ALGID used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ALGID (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Chilly

Context example:

a person who is algid is marked by prostration and has cold clammy skin and low blood pressure

Similar:

cold (used of physical coldness; having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration)

Domain category:

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)

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