Look up: Eschar

1. eschar
   [n] - a dry scab formed on the skin following a burn or cauterization of the skin
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
2. eschar
   Slough or dry scab on an area of skin that has been burnt.
   Found on http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/iupacgloss
   
   
3. Eschar
   In medicine, this term describes a slough or dry scab that forms, for example, on an area of skin that has been burnt or exposed to corrosive agents.
   Found on http://www.chemicalglossary.net/definiti
   
   
4. Eschar
   In medicine, this term describes a slough or dry scab that forms, for example, on an area of skin that has been burnt or exposed to corrosive agents.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib
   
   
5. Eschar
   A dry scab.
   Found on http://www.gadsbywicks.co.uk/uploaded/38
   
   
6. Eschar
   Eschar: The scab formed when a wound or skin is sealed by the heat of cautery or burning. Also the dark crusted ulcer (tache noire) at the site of the chigger (mite larva) bite in scrub typhus.
   Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.
   
   
7. Eschar
   Es'char noun [ Latin eschara , Greek ...: confer French eschare . See Scar .] (Medicine) A dry slough, crust, or scab, which separates from the healthy part of the body, as that produced by a burn, or the application of caustics.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/65
   
   
8. Eschar
   Es'char noun [ Ir.] (Geol.) In Ireland, one of the continuous mounds or ridges of gravelly and sandy drift which extend for many miles over the surface of the country. Similar ridges in Scotland are called kames or kams . [ Written also eskar and esker .]
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/65
   
   
9. eschar
   <dermatology> This is a dry scab that forms on skin that has been burned or exposed to corrosive agents. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
   Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona
   
   
10. eschar
    noun a dry scab formed on the skin following a burn or cauterization of the skin
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web
    
    
11. eschar
    (es´kahr) a slough produced by a thermal burn or a corrosive application, or by gangrene. tache noire.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
    
    
12. Eschar
    • (n.) A dry slough, crust, or scab, which separates from the healthy part of the body, as that produced by a burn, or the application of caustics. • (n.) In Ireland, one of the continuous mounds or ridges of gravelly and sandy drift which extend for many miles over the surface of the coun...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
    
    
13. eschar
    (from the article `burn`) ...burn forms a crust, which falls off after two or three weeks, revealing minimally scarred skin beneath. Full-thickness burns will not form a crust ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/e/43
    
    
14. eschar
    Type: Term Pronunciation: es′kar Definitions: 1. A thick, coagulated crust or slough which develops following a thermal burn or chemical or physical cauterization of the skin.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio
    
    
15. Eschar
    An `eschar` ( and from the Greek word eschara (scab) ) is a slough--> or piece of dead tissue that is cast off from the surface of the skin, particularly after a burn injury, but also seen in gangrene, ulcer, fungal infections, necrotizing spider bite wounds, and exposure to cutaneous anthrax...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschar