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TRENCH FOOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trench foot mean? 

TRENCH FOOT (noun)
  The noun TRENCH FOOT has 1 sense:

1. resembling frostbite but without freezing; resulting from exposure to cold and wetplay

  Familiarity information: TRENCH FOOT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TRENCH 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 ("trench foot" is a kind of...):

cryopathy; frostbite (destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene)


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