frostbite
f rawst bahyt
- n destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene
- When the order came to start south, the enemy was already closing in on Hagaru's makeshift airstrip, whence thousands of wounded and frostbite victims had been flown out.
- AGAINST ALL ODDS New Zealander Mark Inglis, whose legs were severed below the knees because of frostbite on another expedition, became the first double amputee ever to summit.
- To most Americans, frostbite may seem like a remote risk.