third-degree burn
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- noun
- /θɜrd dɪˈɡri bɜrn/
- Specialized
:
quemadura de tercer grado
- He was delighted to be taken to the burn unit, and thankfully I got him in the cold water because it saved him from having third-degree burns.
- suffered third-degree burns
- extensive third-degree burns
- third-degree burns over 30 percent
However, on my hands, if you guys weren't to wear, I had a horrible third degree burn on both of my hands from limes.
- However, on my hands, if you guys weren't to wear, I had a horrible third degree burn on both of my hands from limes.
- And then pyrotechnic went off, let his hair up, third degree burns.
Examples
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He suffered third degree burns from his service in Baghdad.
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Too wasted to extinguish the flames or call 911, she'd sustained third-degree burns over half her body.
Blog text (3) -
I'd expect the body to be covered in third degree burns.
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So, remember, kids, there is nothing more painful than third degree burns.
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Some even had third-degree burns.
Academic text (2001) -
She had to go to the emergency room with third-degree burns.
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More than a year later, he's still recovering from the third-degree burns on his chest and hand that required skin grafts.
Blog text (8) -
He was suffering from third-degree burns... but there isn't any scar tissue anywhere.
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The firefighter treated her for a third-degree burn after she fell into the fire.
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He went to the hospital due to third-degree burns on his arms from the explosion.
Synonyms
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An injury to the skin caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or the sun
Antonyms
- Specialized
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A mild injury to the top layer of the skin that causes redness and pain without blisters
How Severe
- Specialized
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- Specialized
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3.4
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
third-degree + burn
The compound is compositionally built from 'third-degree' (a numeric severity level) + 'burn' (injury), so a learner who knows 'third', 'degree' and 'burn' can readily infer this denotes a very severe/advanced burn. While the precise medical detail (which skin layers are destroyed) is specialized, the core meaning 'a serious burn' is directly derivable and is a common cross-linguistic grading pattern.
Etymology
Third-degree burn comes from a medical way of naming burns by 'degrees' or levels of damage: first-degree is mild, second-degree causes blisters, and third-degree destroys the deep skin layers. So third-degree burn means 'a very serious burn that can destroy skin, may make the area numb, and needs medical care'.