third-degree burn

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noun third-degree burn a burned place or area: a burn where fire had ripped through the forest. 1
noun third-degree burn Pathology. an injury usually caused by heat but also by abnormal cold, chemicals, poison gas, electricity, or lightning, and characterized by a painful reddening and swelling of the epidermis (first-degree burn) damage extending into the dermis, usually with blistering (second-degree burn) or destruction of the epidermis and dermis extending into the deeper tissue with loss of pain receptors (third-degree burn) 1
noun third-degree burn slow burn. 1
noun third-degree burn the process or an instance of burning or baking, as in brickmaking. 1
noun third-degree burn a forest or brush fire. 1
noun third-degree burn the firing of a rocket engine. 1

before 1940

One of the 7% newest English words

First recorded in 1940-45

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