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Definition of Immersion foot
1. Noun. Resembling frostbite but without freezing; resulting from exposure to cold and wet.
Definition of Immersion foot
1. Noun. A medical condition which can affect the feet when they are constantly cold and wet. Similar to, but not the same as frostbite. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Immersion foot
1. A condition of the feet produced by prolonged exposure of the feet to water. Exposure for 48 hours or more to warm water causes tropical immersion foot or warm-water immersion foot common in vietnam where troops were exposed to prolonged or repeated wading in paddy fields or streams. Trench foot results from prolonged exposure to cold, without actual freezing. It was common in trench warfare during world war I, when soldiers stood, sometimes for hours, in trenches with a few inches of cold water in them. (andrews' diseases of the skin, 8th ed, p27) (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Immersion Foot
Literary usage of Immersion foot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Navy Seal Physical Fitness Guide edited by Patricia A. Deuster (1998)
"immersion foot Also known as "trench foot", this nonfreezing foot injury ...
immersion foot can be prevented by keeping feet as dry as possible and by ..."
2. Bosnia: Country Handbookedited by Diane Publishing Staff, Diane Publishing edited by Diane Publishing Staff, Diane Publishing (1998)
"Trench Foot/immersion foot. Trench foot and immersion foot are injuries caused
by the prolonged exposure of skin to cold water or dampness at temperatures ..."
3. Our Southern Highlanders: A Narrative of Adventure in the Southern by Horace Kephart (1922)
"... foreordination, immersion, foot- washing, or on the delinquencies of " them
acorn-fed critters that has gone New Light over in Cope's Cove. ..."
4. The Gospel Preacher: A Book of Twenty Sermons by Benjamin Franklin (1904)
"During the past one hundred and fifty years about three have received sprinkling
where one has received immersion. Foot this up and you can see where the ..."
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