scald

Examples

• All

• After spilling hot soup, he suffered a painful scald on his hand.

• I drained with pot lids and often had horizontal red scald marks across the underside of my wrists.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Advances in the management of burn injuries have improved the quality of life for the pediatric scald burn population.

  Academic text (2015)

• Burns are caused by dry heat sources such as fire or the sun, whereas scalds come from wet heat such as liquids or steam.

  Academic text (2012)

• Of the 65 persons saved by my cutter, not one was free from severe bruises or scalds.

  Remember the Sultana (2015)

• Accidents in the kitchen often lead to a scald from boiling water.

Synonyms

B

burn

vsscald

157 1.8

An injury to the skin caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or the sun

describes damage caused specifically by hot liquid or steam rather than other sources

S

scalding

vsscald

7 4.4

A burn to the skin caused by very hot liquid or steam

describes the same injury from hot liquid that may be less intense

How Severe

third-degree burn

• Specialized

11 4.8

scald

2 4.0

burn

157 1.8

Surface Forms

Etymology