eschar
noun
a hard crust or scab, as from a burn.
eschars
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pluralof eschar.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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About the ninth day, both the eschars were perfectly 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
On the fourth, the patient having used his leg a little, rather more fluid was evacuated from the centre, and there was rather more inflammation round the edges, of the 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
The eschars separated in nine days leaving the wounds healed.
From An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers by John Higginbottom
