eschar
Americannoun
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eschars
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of eschar
1375–1425; late Middle English escare < Late Latin eschara < Greek eschára hearth, brazier, coals and therefore indication of burning; cf. scar 1
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Using toenail clippers and alcohol wipes, she meticulously trimmed the eschar.
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2023
The eschar is flexible, leaves room for motion, reduces scars to a minimum.
From Time Magazine Archive
Patients were sprayed with mixtures of Hydrosulphosol and water every 20 or 30 minutes until a tough "eschar," or "scab" was built up.
From Time Magazine Archive
The eschar remained adherent, the inflammation subsided and the case gave no further trouble.
From An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers by John Higginbottom
On the fourth day the swelling and heat had subsided, and the eschar remained adherent.
From An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers by John Higginbottom
From this circumstance, and from the neglect of the eschars for two or three days already mentioned, I suspected the formation of a scab under them.
From An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers by John Higginbottom
A little more fluid escaped in the same manner on the following day on making a little pressure upon the eschars.
From An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers by John Higginbottom
I applied the lunar caustic to form eschars.
From An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers by John Higginbottom
On the following day complete but unadherent eschars were formed over each sore.
From An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers by John Higginbottom
About the usual time the eschars separated, leaving a small point of the size of a pin's head, unhealed; this I again touched with the caustic.
From An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers by John Higginbottom
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