CHILBLAIN


Meaning of CHILBLAIN in English

ˈchilˌblān noun

( -s )

Etymology: chill (III) + blain

: a redness and swelling of toes, fingers, nose, or ears or sometimes cheeks in cold weather accompanied by itching and burning and sometimes followed by cracking of skin and ulceration and believed to be based on a constitutional instability of the local circulation

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