frosted lung

North

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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frozen lung tissue resulting from breathing air at very low temperatures.

Quotations

1919

". . . I've seen this frosted lung business a dozen times. . . . I've got two sure days ahead of me, possibly a third. . . ."

1919

". . . tell McDowell how you got your man and how he died up here with a frosted lung. . . ."