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algid, a.|ˈældʒɪd| Also ˈalgide. [a. Fr. algide, ad. L. algid-us cold; f. algē-re to be cold: see -id.] Cold, chill, chilly; especially pertaining to or designating the cold stage of an ague. Spec. in algid cholera, Asian cholera, which is marked by copious watery alvine discharges, etc.
1626Cockeram, Algide, chill with cold. 1661Lovell Anim. & Min. 202 The [frog's] heart applied to the back bone helps algid agues. 1847E. A. Parkes Res. Path. & Treatm. Asiatic or Algide Cholera i. 4, I have ventured to employ the term ‘Algide Cholera’ as a synonym for the ‘Cholera gravior’ of Orton and others. 1859R. Burton in Jrnl. R.G.S. XXIX. 142 The hot fit is unusually long and rigorous, compared with the algid stage. 1864― Dahome II. 249 The algid breath of the desert wind. 1873F. T. Roberts Theor. Pract. Med. 685 Epidemic, Asiatic, Algide, or Malignant Cholera. Ibid. 690 Stage of Collapse. Algide Stage. 1889Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. VIII. 610 Algid dysentery. 1901Dorland Med. Dict. (ed. 2) 162/2. |