Frostbite

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Frostbite \Frost"bite\, n.
     The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of the
     body, as the ears, fingers, toes, or nose. Severe frostbite
     can lead to the loss of fingers or toes. --Kane.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Frostbite \Frost`bite"\, v. t.
     To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight
     or nip with frost.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           My wife up and with Mrs. Pen to walk in the fields to
           frostbite themselves.                    --Pepys.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  frostbite
       n : destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by
           tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene [syn: {cryopathy}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  53 Moby Thesaurus words for "frostbite":
     Minamata disease, 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, motion sickness, nip, numb, penetrate, pierce,
     pneumoconiosis, radiation sickness, radionecrosis, red-out,
     refrigerate, shivering, shivers, sunstroke, the bends,
     trench foot