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单词 trench foot
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trench foot

noun [mass noun]
A painful condition of the feet caused by long immersion in cold water or mud and marked by blackening and death of surface tissue.After arriving in France in November 1917, the soldiers were introduced to army expeditionary camp life with its plethora of camp illnesses caused by cold and wet weather - colds, influenza, trench foot, and bronchitis....
  • The only preventive measure for trench foot was to keep feet dry, usually by applying whale oil to help form a protective barrier against moisture and by changing socks frequently.
  • In severe cases of trench foot, tissue injury is serious enough to cause skin sloughing and subsequent gangrenous change.
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