third degree burn
Skin completely destroyed
A third degree burn is the most severe classification of burn injury, destroying all layers of skin and potentially damaging underlying tissue, muscle, or bone.
The burned area may appear white, charred, or leathery and typically feels numb because nerve endings have been destroyed.
Third degree burns require immediate medical attention and often skin grafts: The firefighter suffered third degree burns on both hands.
- severeExtremely harsh or strict
- skinBody's outer layer
- blisterFluid-filled skin swelling
- charBurn without destroying
- tissueDisposable soft paper
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- burnsscald, scalds
- thermal disordersheatstroke, heat stroke, heat exhaustion, hypothermia, hyperthermia
third degree burnfirst degree burn
Mildest heat injury classification
superficial burn · minor burn · sunburn · second degree burn
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