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IMMERSION FOOT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does immersion foot mean?
• IMMERSION FOOT (noun)
The noun IMMERSION FOOT has 1 sense:
1. resembling frostbite but without freezing; resulting from exposure to cold and wet
Familiarity information: IMMERSION FOOT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resembling frostbite but without freezing; resulting from exposure to cold and wet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
immersion foot; trench foot
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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