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FROSTBITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("frostbite" is a kind of...):
harm; hurt; injury; trauma (any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "frostbite"):
immersion foot; trench foot (resembling frostbite but without freezing; resulting from exposure to cold and wet)