second-degree burn
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- noun
- /ˈsɛkənd dɪˈɡri bɜrn/
- Specialized
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quemadura de segundo grado
- That man was taken to the hospital with second-degree burns on his hands, Hansen said.
- first- and second-degree burn
- suffered second-degree burns
- causes second-degree burns
So he got burns, second degree burns on his legs.
- So he got burns, second degree burns on his legs.
Examples
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On Nov. 12, she was transferred to the Shriners Hospital in Boston for continued treatment of second-degree burns to her torso and arms.
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Seven patients were documented as having both first- and second-degree burns.
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So he got burns, second degree burns on his legs.
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A second-degree burn on his arm, but not from the accident.
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I got a second-degree burn over there.
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This is a second-degree burn.
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The man suffered first and second degree burns on his hands, arms, and much of his upper body—injuries serious enough to require medical helicopter transport to Parkland Hospital in Dallas, according to police.
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The 12-year-old girl, who suffers from cerebral palsy and cannot communicate, had sustained second-degree burns to her hand and thigh, and no one at the home had taken responsibility for the injuries.
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The girl had second-degree burns on her arm and was admitted to Palo Vista Medical Center.
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Your husband suffered second-degree burns, but he seems to have escaped any permanent damage.
Synonyms
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An injury to the skin caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or the sun
Antonyms
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A mild injury to the top layer of the skin that causes redness and pain without blisters
How Severe
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Surface Forms
Morphology
second-degree + burn
The phrase 'second-degree' is compositionally built from 'second' (ordinal) + 'degree' (level), so combined with 'burn' a learner can infer it denotes a burn of the second level of severity (i.e., more serious than a first-degree burn). Although the precise clinical details (blisters, dermal involvement) are technical, the overall category meaning is directly derivable and cross-linguistically regular, making it accessible to a B1 learner who knows the constituents.
Etymology
The term second-degree burn comes from the way people name how bad a skin injury is. The word 'degree' here means 'level', and second-degree is the level where the burn reaches deeper skin and makes blisters, so the phrase means a burn that causes blisters and more pain than a mild one.