frost bite
Cold exposure injury
Frostbite is tissue damage caused by exposure to extreme cold, typically affecting extremities like fingers, toes, ears, and nose.
Blood vessels constrict, cutting off circulation, and ice crystals form in the tissue.
Severe cases can lead to gangrene and amputation.
Usually written as one word: frostbite.
- frostbiteFreezing of body tissue
- frozenSolidified by extreme cold
- hypothermiaDangerously low body temperature
- numbLacking physical sensation
- tinglingSlight stinging sensation
tissue damage · blackened · gangrene · extremities · fingers · toes · chilblain · ice · cold · bitter cold · winter · wind chill factor · exposure · blizzard · arctic · polar explorer · windchill · necrosis
- Cold Expressionsfreezing cold, bitter cold, bone-chilling, cold snap, cold spell
- frozen thingsice cube, ice cubes, ice block, ice blocks, icicle
- weather damagestorm damage, wind damage, hail damage, flood damage, tornado damage
- Frosthoarfrost, rime, frozen dew, ice crystals, defrost
temperature-caused injury
frost bitesunburn
UV-induced skin inflammation
burn · heat stroke · thermal burn · scald · heat exhaustion