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eschar
[es´kahr]1. a slough produced by a thermal burn or a corrosive application, or by gangrene.
2. tache noire.
es·char
(es'kar),A thick, coagulated crust or slough which develops following a thermal burn or chemical or physical cauterization of the skin.
[G. eschara, a fireplace, a scab caused by burning]
eschar
/es·char/ (es´kahr)1. a slough produced by a thermal burn, by a corrosive application, or by gangrene.
2. tache noire.
eschar
(ĕs′kär′)n.
A dry scab or slough formed on the skin as a result of a burn or by the action of a corrosive or caustic substance.
eschar
[es′kär]
Etymology: Gk, eschara, scab
a scab or dry crust that results from trauma, such as a thermal or chemical burn, infection, or excoriating skin disease. escharotic, adj.
es·char
(es'kahr)A thick, coagulated crust or slough that develops following a thermal burn or chemical or physical cauterization of the skin.
[G. eschara, a fireplace, a scab caused by burning]
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eschar
(es'kar?) [Gr. eschara, hearth, brazier, burning coal, burn, scab]Dead matter that is cast off from the surface of the skin, esp. after a burn. The tissue is hard, black or brown, and leathery in texture.
See: illustration; escharoticeschar
An area of dead, separated tissue (SLOUGH) produced by skin damage by a caustic substance or a burn.Eschar
A hard crust or scab. In scrub typhus, an eschar forms over the initial sore from the chigger bite.
eschar
a deep cutaneous slough such as that produced by a thermal burn, a corrosive action, a decubitus ulcer, a saddle gall or setfast.