cold burn
Freeze-caused tissue damage
A cold burn is tissue damage caused by extreme cold rather than heat—from liquid nitrogen, dry ice, or frozen metal touching skin.
The injury resembles a heat burn: redness, blistering, and in severe cases, destruction of deeper tissue.
She got a cold burn from handling dry ice without gloves.
Also called a freeze burn or cryogenic burn.
- frostbiteFreezing of body tissue
- frost nipSuperficial cold tissue injury
- iceWater's solid form
- stingSharp wound from insect
- chillCold sensation or relaxation
wind chill · freezer · numb · wind · bitter · blister · liquid nitrogen · dry ice · raw · sharp · bite · tingling · exposure · whiteout · searing · hypothermia · glacial · arctic
temperature cause
cold burnthermal burn
Heat-caused tissue injury
fire burn · scald · flash burn · fire damage · sunburn
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