eschar

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

escarre

croûte

gale

Synonymes

scab

slough

crust

esker

serpentine kame

back furrow

osar

serpent kame

escar

oskar

scurf

eskar

Traductions

yara kabuğu

escara

ronya

Schorf

crosta

korst

schurft

crosta

Escara

escara

costra

postilla

crosta

deri kabuklanması

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɛskɑː/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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