frostbit
Nipped by cold
Frostbit is the past tense of frostbite—damage to body tissue from extreme cold.
I nearly frostbit my fingers waiting for the bus.
As an adjective, frostbit describes something damaged by frost or freezing temperatures: frostbit toes, frostbit crops.
The form frostbitten is more common as an adjective.
Harm to body cells
- gangreneTissue death from bloodlessness
- necrosisLocalized cell death
- amputationSurgical limb removal
- blackenedDarkened by burning
blistering · hypothermia · exposure · windburn · chilblains · trench foot · extremities · digits
Extremely cold
- subzeroBelow the freezing point
- arcticOf extreme northern cold
- polarOf extreme latitudes
- blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
windchill · exposure · bitter cold · icy · glacial · tundra · permafrost · winter
Loss of sensation
- tinglingSlight stinging sensation
- pricklingSharp tingling sensation
- burningCombustion in progress
- stingingCausing sharp pain
deadened · insensibility · paresthesia · pins and needles · painful · throbbing · aching · sensitivity
tissue damage
Harm to body cells
- gangreneTissue death from bloodlessness
- necrosisLocalized cell death
- amputationSurgical limb removal
blackened · blistering · hypothermia · exposure · windburn · chilblains · trench foot · extremities · digits · toes
freezing
Extremely cold
blizzard · windchill · exposure · bitter cold · icy · glacial · tundra · permafrost · winter · hypothermic
numbness
Loss of sensation
stinging · deadened · insensibility · paresthesia · pins and needles · painful · throbbing · aching · sensitivity · waxy
- frostbite preventionProtecting skin from freezing
- frostbite damageHarm from freezing temperatures
- frostbite riskChance of tissue freezing
- frostbite weatherConditions causing tissue damage
- frostbite treatmentCare for frozen flesh
- frostbite careTreatment for tissue frozen by cold