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Definition of Third-degree burn
1. Noun. Burn characterized by destruction of both epidermis and dermis.
Definition of Third-degree burn
1. Noun. A severe burn that destroys skin and underlying tissue and exposes nerve endings. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Third-degree Burn
Literary usage of Third-degree burn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of First-Aid Practices for School Bus Drivers by William R. Nesbitt (1998)
"The area of skin sustaining the third- degree burn may not have any sensation;
however, the skin surrounding the third-degree burn usually will be severely ..."
2. Marine Fire Prevention, Firefighting and Fire Safety: A Comprehensive (1994)
"A third-degree burn involves the entire thickness of the skin, with or without
charring. Such a burn can never heal by itself, but requires the best ..."
3. Practical Safety Methods and Devices, Manufacturing and Engineering by George Alvin Cowee (1916)
"A third degree burn destroys, not only the entire thickness of the skin, ...
In case of a third degree burn the victim suffers intense pain, the entire skin ..."
4. Military Surgery of the Zone of the Advance by George de Tarnowsky (1918)
"... is classed as a third-degree burn. They are thus within the truth when they
declare that burns of the third degree heal without leaving any scar. ..."
5. Gasoline and how to Use it by George Arthur Burrell, Oil statistical society, inc., Boston (1916)
"A third- degree burn destroys not only the skin but also the tissue beneath,
sometimes entirely to the bone. The symptoms of a first-degree burn are: severe ..."
6. Gasoline and how to Use it by George Arthur Burrell, Oil statistical society, inc., Boston (1916)
"A third- degree burn destroys not only the skin but also the tissue beneath,
sometimes entirely to the bone. The symptoms of a first-degree burn are: severe ..."
7. Surgical and Gynaecological Nursing by Edward Mason Parker, Scott Dudley Breckinridge (1921)
"A second-degree burn of half the surface of the body or a third- degree burn of
a much smaller area is always fatal. Healing of extensive burns of the third ..."
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