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frigorific

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frig⋅o⋅rif⋅ic

  [frig-uh-rif-ik]
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–adjective
causing or producing cold.
Origin:
1660–70; < L frīgorificus cooling, equiv. to frīgor- (s. of frīgus) cold + -i- -i- + -ficus -fic
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frig·o·rif·ic   (frĭg'ə-rĭf'ĭk)   
adj.  Causing coldness; chilling.

[Latin frīgorificus : frīgus, frīgor-, the cold + -ficus, -fic.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: frig·o·rif·ic
Pronunciation: "frig-&-'rif-ik
Function: adjective
: causing cold <frigorific mixtures>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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