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Definition of Scabs
1. scab [v] - See also: scab
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scabs
Literary usage of Scabs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Laryngoscope by American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society (1902)
"On examination the nasal mucous membrane was dry and covered with scabs. There is
atrophy of the turbinates on both sides, the region being covered with ..."
2. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"Checking and scabs: If the surface of a mold is very rough, or contains cavities,
so that resistance is offered to the natural contraction of the steel, ..."
3. An Index of differential diagnosis of main symptoms by Herbert French (1918)
"scabs.—The scab, or crust, one of the secondary cutaneous lesions, is a more or
less liar, dried-up mass of exudation on the surface of the skin. ..."
4. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"Checking and scabs: If the surface of a mold is very rough, or contains cavities,
so that resistance is offered to the natural contraction of the steel, ..."
5. Dr. Chase's Family Physician, Farrier, Bee-keeper, and Second Receipt Book by Alvin Wood Chase (1874)
"And if this course does not clean off the scabs by the time the course of balls
is given, then let the scabs and all irritated places be dressed with the ..."
6. Social Life of the Chinese: With Some Account of the Religious, Governmental by Justus Doolittle (1865)
"Presents indicating the Wish that the scabs of the Small-pox may fall
off.—Thank-offering to the Goddess of Small-pox.—Worship of the Goddess of Measles. ..."
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