eschar

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) A superficial structure of dead tissue, usually hardened, commonly, but not necessarily dark, adhering to underlying living or necrotic tissue, caused by gangrene or a burn.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any hard, dark, commonly flattened or sunken lesion or crust, especially on a burn, abscess, infection, wound; commonly a coagulation of blood or exudations, not necessarily involving dead or necrotic tissue.
3. (countable, figuratively, literary, uncountable) The emotional imprint of a trauma such as grief, loss, or degradation.

Sinonieme

scab

slough

crust

esker

serpentine kame

back furrow

osar

serpent kame

escar

oskar

scurf

eskar

Vertalings

escarre

escara

yara kabuğu

Schorf

croûte

gale

crosta

korst

schurft

crosta

Escara

escara

costra

postilla

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɛskɑː/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle French eschare (now escarre) or Late Latin eschara (“scar, scab”), from Ancient Greek ἐσχάρα (eskhára, “hearth, brazier, scab”). Doublet of scar.