algid-
(Latin: cold, chilly; freeze)
Sometimes people may have a more algid attitude towards others who are insulting or misbehaving in a social situation; as expressed by the first and third cartoons shown below!
2. Characterized by feeling less than warm or frigid; however, having sweaty skin and utter exhaustion; a reference to certain severe conditions or stages of a disease: Algid malaria is characterized by prostration, cold and clammy skin; as well as, low blood pressure. 3. Etymology: from Latin algere, "to feel cold, to be cold".There is another word entry, gelid, which is also a Latin-derived adjective that describes ice and arctic temperatures.
Algid is not related to the Greek term algesi-, etc., "pain, sense of pain; painful; hurting".
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Falciparum malaria is characterized by paroxysms of fever occurring at irregular intervals and often by the localization of the organism in a specific organ, causing capillary blockage in the brain, lungs, intestinal mucosa, spleen, and kidneys.
2. Coldness, chilliness; especially, that which is caused by the collapse of vital bodily functions.
2. A refrigerant.
Cross references of word families that are related directly or indirectly to "winter, freezing, frost, and/or cold": cheimo- (winter, cold); crymo-, krymo- (cold, chill, frost); cryo-, kryo-; (cold, freezing); frigo-, frig- (cold, frost); gel-, gelati- (freeze, frost, congeal); hiber- (winter, wintry); pago- (cold, freezing); psychro- (cold); rhigo- (cold, frost; shiver).