Frostbite

['frɒs(t)baɪt] or ['frɔst'baɪt]

(noun.) destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene.

Typist: Ollie--From WordNet

(n.) The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of the body, as the ears or nose.

(v. t.) To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight or nip with frost.

Edited by Edith

Since you are gone we have nothing but frostbites, chilblains, jaundice, gonorrhea, self-inflicted wounds, pneumonia and hard and soft chancres. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.

Editor: Upton