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noun
A superficial structure of dead tissue, usually hardened, and commonly but not necessarily dark, adhering to underlying living or necrotic tissue, caused by gangrene or a burn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: loose or obsolete
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noun
The emotional imprint of a trauma such as grief, loss, or degradation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, literary, uncountable
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noun
a dry scab formed on the skin following a burn or cauterization of the skin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: scab
History
From Middle French eschare (now escarre) or Late Latin eschara (“scar, scab”), from Ancient Greek ἐσχάρα (eskhára, “hearth, brazier, scab”). Doublet of scar.
Across languages
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