steam burns
Hot mist wounds
Steam burns are injuries caused by contact with hot water vapor, typically more severe than burns from boiling water because steam releases additional heat as it condenses on skin.
The term appears in medical contexts and safety warnings: Steam burns from pressure cookers can be serious.
Also called scalds when caused by hot liquids or vapors.
- scaldBurn with hot liquid
- hot waterHeated liquid, or trouble
- blisterFluid-filled skin swelling
- hotHaving much warmth
- vaporGaseous form of liquid
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- Kitchen Dangerscuts, fires, scalding, knife cuts, grease fire
- Kitchen Safetyfire extinguisher, smoke detector, oven mitts, pot holders, knife safety
- burnssunburn, scald, scalds
- thermal disordersheatstroke, heat stroke, heat exhaustion, hypothermia, hyperthermia