eschar

Significado (Inglés)

  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.

Sinónimos

serpentine kame

back furrow

serpent kame

escar

oskar

Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ˈɛskɑː/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)

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

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