eschar
(noun) a dry scab formed on the skin following a burn or cauterization of the skin
Source: WordNet® 3.1
eschar (countable and uncountable, plural eschars)
(medicine) 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
(loose or obsolete) 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.
(figurative or literary) The emotional imprint of a trauma such as grief, loss, or degradation
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Source: Wiktionary
Es"char, n. Etym: [L. eschara, Gr. eschare. See Scar.] (Med.)
Definition: A dry slough, crust, or scab, which separates from the healthy part of the body, as that produced by a burn, or the application of caustics.
Es"char, n. Etym: [Ir.] (Geol.)
Definition: In Ireland, one of the continuous mounds or ridges of gravelly and sandy drift which extend for many miles over the surface of the country. Similar ridges in Scotland are called kames or kams. [Written also eskar and esker.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
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