algidity.

Coldness, especially marked bodily coldness in medical or descriptive use.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• bodily algidity
• pronounced algidity

On the page

The older case notes recorded pronounced algidity.

In the story, bodily algidity made the returned traveler’s hand feel alien to its owner.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.