单词 | algidity |
释义 | algidityn. Chiefly Medicine. Coldness, chilliness; spec. coldness of the skin or body, esp. in an individual suffering from shock, as in the late stages of untreated cholera, septicaemia, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [noun] coldeOE cheldec1000 kelda1350 coldnessc1400 algor?1440 algory1623 algidity1656 frigidness1727 algidness1731 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > high or low temperature > [noun] > low temperature cold?a1400 through-cold1562 perfrigeration1585 key-cold1602 perfriction1607 algidity1874 hypothermia1886 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Algidity, Algor, great cold or chilness. 1824 F. Morice Ess. Agric. ii. 31 A district too declining in the direction from which stormy and chilly blasts proceed, is rendered less fertile, by being exposed to algidity, which frequently proves injurious to vegetation. 1874 Lancet 3 Oct. 497/1 On the 22nd severe cramps, algidity, and blueness of skin, with entire cessation of purging and vomiting. 1900 Arch. Surg. 5 207 The lividity of the hands..was never attended by algidity. 1916 W. H. Deaderick & L. Thompson Endemic Dis. Southern States 117 When, in addition to the symptoms of algidity already detailed, there exist symptoms simulating true cholera, there is the variety of algid malaria usually spoken of as choleraic pernicious. 1959 Nature 28 Nov. 1727/1 Neither dyspnœa, nor algidity was noted, and the behaviour of the animals was strictly normal. 2007 C. H. Clabough Warrior's Path 32 I remove my back-pack and pull out my foam sleeping pad,..placing the beer inside in an attempt to preserve as best I can its algidity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1656 |
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