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Algid \Al"gid\ ([a^]l"j[i^]d), a. [L. algidus cold, fr. algere
to be cold: cf. F. algide.]
1. Cold; chilly. --Bailey. AS
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2. (Med.) Characterized by the presence of shock and cold
skin.
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{Algid cholera} (Med.),
(a) A term formerly used for a classic untreated cholera
(also called {Asiatic cholera}, caused by {Vibrio
cholerae}); it is marked by three stages that succeed
each other. These stages include a watery diarrhea
stage, a stage of shock and collapse characterized by
a cold skin and, the final stage of high fever.
Patients usually die at the second stage of the
disease.
(b) In its modern use, algid cholera refers to a cholera
that has entered the second stage of the disease. In
the 19th century, the term algid cholera referred to
Asiatic cholera, to distinguish it from other less
specific intestinal afflictions.
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Cholera \Chol"er*a\, n. [L., a bilious disease. See {Choler}.]
(Med.)
One of several diseases affecting the digestive and
intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the
one commonly called Asiatic cholera.
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{Asiatic cholera}, a malignant and rapidly fatal disease,
originating in Asia and frequently epidemic in the more
filthy sections of other lands, to which the germ or
specific poison may have been carried. It is characterized
by diarrhea, rice-water evacuations, vomiting, cramps,
pinched expression, and lividity, rapidly passing into a
state of collapse, followed by death, or by a stage of
reaction of fever.
{Cholera bacillus}. See {Comma bacillus}.
{Cholera infantum}, a dangerous summer disease, of infants,
caused by hot weather, bad air, or poor milk, and
especially fatal in large cities.
{Cholera morbus}, a disease characterized by vomiting and
purging, with gripings and cramps, usually caused by
imprudence in diet or by gastrointestinal disturbance.
{Chicken cholera}. See under {Chicken}.
{Hog cholera}. See under {Hog}.
{Sporadic cholera}, a disease somewhat resembling the Asiatic
cholera, but originating where it occurs, and rarely
becoming epidemic.
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