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Frostbite

Frostbite Meaning & Definition
Frostbite Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Frostbite?

[n] destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene

Synonyms | Synonyms for Frostbite: cryopathy

Related Terms | Find terms related to Frostbite: ache | aching | altitude sickness | anoxemia | anoxia | anoxic anoxia | anthrax | benumb | bite | black lung | caisson disease | chilblain | chilblains | chill | chilliness | chilling | cold creeps | cold shivers | creeps | cryopathy | cut | decompression sickness | dithers | duck bumps | freeze | frost | go through | goose bumps | goose pimples | gooseflesh | horripilation | immersion foot | itai | jet lag | kibe | lead poisoning | mercury poisoning | Minamata disease | motion sickness | nip | numb | penetrate | pierce | pneumoconiosis | radiation sickness | radionecrosis | red-out | refrigerate | shivering | shivers | sunstroke | the bends | trench foot

See Also | harm | hurt | immersion foot | injury | trauma | trenchfoot

Frostbite In Webster's Dictionary

\Frost"bite\, n. The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of the body, as the ears or nose. --Kane.
\Frost`bite"\, v. t. To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight or nip with frost. My wife up and with Mrs. Pen to walk in the fields to frostbite themselves. --Pepys.

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