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Chilblain

Chilblain Meaning & Definition
Chilblain Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Chilblain?

[n] inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture

Synonyms | Synonyms for Chilblain: chilblains | pernio

Related Terms | Find terms related to Chilblain: abscess | ache | aching | altitude sickness | anoxemia | anoxia | anoxic anoxia | anthrax | aposteme | bed sore | black lung | blain | bleb | blister | boil | bubo | bulla | bunion | caisson disease | canker | canker sore | carbuncle | chancre | chancroid | chilblains | chill | chilliness | chilling | cold creeps | cold shivers | cold sore | creeps | cryopathy | decompression sickness | dithers | duck bumps | eschar | felon | fester | festering | fever blister | fistula | frostbite | furuncle | furunculus | gathering | goose bumps | goose pimples | gooseflesh | gumboil | hemorrhoids | horripilation | immersion foot | itai | jet lag | kibe | lead poisoning | lesion | mercury poisoning | Minamata disease | motion sickness | papula | papule | paronychia | parulis | petechia | piles | pimple | pneumoconiosis | pock | polyp | pustule | radiation sickness | radionecrosis | red-out | rising | scab | shivering | shivers | soft chancre | sore | stigma | sty | sunstroke | suppuration | swelling | the bends | trench foot | tubercle | ulcer | ulceration | wale | welt | wheal | whelk | whitlow | wound

See Also | blain | kibe

Chilblain In Webster's Dictionary

\Chil"blain`\, n. [Chill + Blain.] A blain, sore, or inflammatory swelling, produced by exposure of the feet or hands to cold, and attended by itching, pain, and sometimes ulceration.
\Chil"blain`\, v. t. To produce chilblains upon.

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