trench foot

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noun Pathology.

injury of the skin, blood vessels, and nerves of the feet due to prolonged exposure to cold and wet, common among soldiers serving in trenches.

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Origin of trench foot

First recorded in 1910–15

Words nearby trench foot

trench coat, trencher, trencherman, trenches, trench fever, trench foot, trench knife, trench mortar, trench mouth, trench warfare, trend

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How to use trench foot in a sentence

The classic example is trench foot, which can have serious permanent consequences like gangrene.
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Together, they crossed over the International Bridges on foot into Juarez to conduct some business.
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In the classic skillset of piloting, mental acuity, and its coordination with hand and foot movements, is equally vital.
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Wearing the right foot of a chicken was considered good luck.
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It made sense with so many suspects at hand, less so with the tower entrance separated from them by a forty foot wall.
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Marabella, now licking her lollipop and tapping her foot, appears unfazed.
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The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
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I find myself chained to the foot of a woman, my noble Cornelia would despise!
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We had now approached closely to the foot of the mountain-ranges, and their lofty summits were high above us in mid-air.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
We see the whole land, even if but at a distance, instead of being limited merely to the spot where our foot treads.
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But there is a pinnacle of human success and of human opinion, on which human foot was never yet permitted to rest.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter

British Dictionary definitions for trench foot

trench foot

noun

a form of frostbite affecting the feet of persons standing for long periods in cold water

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for trench foot

trench foot

A condition of the foot resembling frostbite, caused by prolonged exposure to cold and dampness and often affecting soldiers in trenches.immersion foot