severe burn
Third-degree skin damage
A severe burn is a serious injury to the skin and underlying tissue from heat, chemicals, electricity, or radiation—typically classified as third-degree or worse, requiring medical attention.
Figuratively, a severe burn is a devastating insult or comeback: That roast was a severe burn.
The slang sense treats verbal wounds as physical ones.
- blisterFluid-filled skin swelling
- scarPermanent mark from healing
- skinBody's outer layer
- skin graftTransplanted tissue covering wounds
- woundCoiled, or an injury
pain · fire · open flame · hot oil · scalding · tissue · hospital · first responders · medical emergency · graft · healing · charred · trauma · infection · bandage · emergency · agony · flesh
burn severity/degree
severe burnminor burn
Shallow thermal skin injury
first-degree burn · superficial burn · sunburn · skin irritation
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