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snowshoe sickness
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a painful state of inflamed joints and muscles affecting snowshoers, caused by undue strain on the tendons of the leg.
See: mal de raquette
Quotations
1841
. . . the snow shoe sinks much deeper before the track is formed, and retains upon it a great quantity of snow . . . which forces the foot dreadfully in a long journey, and often occasions the mal de raquette, or snow shoe sickness, which is extremely painful.
1954
[Glossary] . . . snowshoe sickness [is] much the same as the navy's 'immersion foot', or trench foot.