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third-degree burn

noun

Pathology.
  1. burn138



third-degree burn

noun

  1. pathol See burn 1

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of third-degree burn1

First recorded in 1940–45
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Example Sentences

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A third-degree burn is a severe burn that destroys the skin and may damage underlying tissue.

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According to court documents, Powers reportedly slammed the toddler into a bathtub, inflicted a third-degree burn on his arm and caused several broken bones, retinal hemorrhages and brain bleeds.

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Another gilet jaune in the north, who asked not to be named, told AFP it was too, little too late and Macron was “putting plasters on a third-degree burn”.

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In Tracey’s MRI machine, my third-degree burn felt five points more intense than the initial pinpricks, but was it really only two points less than the worst I could imagine?

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The blue water at the center of Yellowstone National Park’s most famous hot springs could give you a third-degree burn in under a second.

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