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ALGIDITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does algidity mean?
• ALGIDITY (noun)
The noun ALGIDITY has 1 sense:
1. prostration characterized by cold and clammy skin and low blood pressure
Familiarity information: ALGIDITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Prostration characterized by cold and clammy skin and low blood pressure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("algidity" is a kind of...):
collapse; prostration (an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion)
Derivation:
algid (chilly)
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