Definition of third-degree burn
: a severe burn characterized by destruction of the skin through its deeper layers and possibly into underlying tissues, loss of fluid, and sometimes shock
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The bears had suffered third-degree burns on all their paws, said Jamie Peyton, chief of the Integrative Medicine Service at the university’s vet school.
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Everyone from Clifton to Fort Wright, Queensgate to Hyde Park, would suffer third-degree burns.
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With a 10- kiloton bomb, everyone within the outermost ring in the image above would receive third-degree burns from thermal radiation.
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Police say the 5-year-old suffered a third-degree burn on her face that will leave her permanently disfigured.
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The girl suffered a third-degree burn across her face that will leave her permanently disfigured, police said.
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Veterinarians initially thought the animals’ third-degree burns would take up to six months to heal—far too long to keep them in captivity, especially considering one of the bears was pregnant.
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The two female black bears in her care had survived the Thomas wildfire that swept through Southern California in December, but both suffered third-degree burns that had caused their paw pads to slough off.
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The two female black bears in her care had survived the Thomas wildfire that swept through Southern California in December, but both suffered third-degree burns that had caused their paw pads to slough off.
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First Known Use of third-degree burn
1930
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third-degree burn
medical Definition of third-degree burn
: a severe burn characterized by destruction of the skin through the depth of the dermis and possibly into underlying tissues, loss of fluid, and sometimes shock
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