This plan is available to anyone who has both Medical Assistance from the state (AHCCCS) and Medicare Parts A & B. Enrollment in Health Choice Generations HMO SNP depends on contract renewal. This information is not a complete description of benefits. Contact the plan for more information.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Arid. A region is arid when it is characterized by a severe lack of available water, to the extent of hindering or preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life. Environments subject to arid climates tend to lack vegetation and are called xeric or desertic.
Word Origin and History for arid Expand. adj. 1650s, dry, parched, from French aride (15c.) or directly from Latin aridus dry, arid, parched, from arere to be dry, from PIE root *as- to burn, glow (see ash (n.1)). Figurative sense of uninteresting is from 1827. Related: Aridly.