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Eschar

noun
1.
A dry scab formed on the skin following a burn or cauterization of the skin.





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"Eschar" Quotes from Famous Books



... with a stylet on which cotton has been placed that has been dipped in aqua fortis (nitric acid). It is important that this cauterizing fluid should be rather strong so that after a certain number of touches a rather firm eschar is produced. In all these manipulations in the nose Arculanus recommends that the nose should be held well open by means of a nasal speculum. Pictures of all these instruments occur in his extant works, and indeed ...
— Old-Time Makers of Medicine • James J. Walsh


Words linked to "Eschar" :   scab


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