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Frostbite   /frˈɔstbˌaɪt/   Listen
Frostbite

noun
1.
Destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene.  Synonym: cryopathy.






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"Frostbite" Quotes from Famous Books



... delta would have been curious. The expression of disgust on all my men's faces, not to speak of my own, could not but have caused merriment. We carried our footgear on our shoulders; we struggled, stumbled, and splashed in the greenish water, and now one, then another, fell helpless through frostbite on some island or other, until we were all disabled, and still only half-way through. In spite of our condition, worn out as we were, the soles and sides of our feet badly cut and bleeding, my men, so sulky at having been firmly baulked in their wishes, became quite good-natured ...
— In the Forbidden Land • Arnold Henry Savage Landor



Words linked to "Frostbite" :   injury, harm, immersion foot, hurt, cryopathy, trench foot, trauma



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