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 

• IMMERSION FOOT (noun)

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)