"eschar" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɛskɑː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɛskɑɹ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-eschar.wav [Southern-England] Forms: eschars [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French eschare (now escarre) or Late Latin eschara (“scar, scab”), from Ancient Greek ἐσχάρα (eskhára, “hearth, brazier, scab”). Doublet of scar. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|eschare}} Middle French eschare, {{m|fr|escarre}} escarre, {{der|en|LL.|eschara|t=scar, scab}} Late Latin eschara (“scar, scab”), {{der|en|grc|ἐσχάρα|t=hearth, brazier, scab}} Ancient Greek ἐσχάρα (eskhára, “hearth, brazier, scab”), {{doublet|en|scar}} Doublet of scar Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} eschar (countable and uncountable, plural eschars)
  1. (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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-eschar-en-noun-WdVOLbmj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 40 19 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (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. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-eschar-en-noun-eQItBa2y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 40 19
  3. (figurative or literary) The emotional imprint of a trauma such as grief, loss, or degradation. Tags: countable, figuratively, literary, uncountable
    Sense id: en-eschar-en-noun-JX9ZGi4t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 40 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: escharotic Translations (dry dark scab or scar — see also scab): escara [feminine] (Catalan), rupi (Finnish), escarre (French), Schorf [masculine] (German), Grind [neuter, regional] (German), Verkrustung [feminine] (German), Kruste [feminine] (German), eskar (Indonesian), escara [feminine] (Italian), ក្រមរ (krɑmɑɑ) (Khmer), crosta (Portuguese), струп (strup) [masculine] (Russian), escara (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'dry dark scab or scar — see also scab': 39 42 19

Inflected forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.