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TRENCH FOOT
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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 ("trench foot" is a kind of...):
cryopathy; frostbite (destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene)