IMMERSION FOOT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Resembling frostbite but without freezing; resulting from exposure to cold and wet

Synonyms:

immersion foot; trench foot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("immersion foot" is a kind of...):

cryopathy; frostbite (destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene)

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