FROSTBITE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene

Synonyms:

cryopathy; frostbite

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)