eschar

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French eschare (now escarre) or Late Latin eschara (“scar, scab”), from Ancient Greek ἐσχάρα (eskhára, “hearth, brazier, scab”). Doublet of scar. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛskɑː/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛskɑɹ/ === Noun === eschar (countable and uncountable, plural eschars) (medicine) A superficial structure of dead tissue, usually hardened, and 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== escharotic ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === achers, Arches, chares, Sacher, recash, Ascher, raches, Rasche, search, chaser, arches, Schaer, chears, casher, Search, arsech