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• second-degree burn — n a burn marked by pain, blistering, and superficial destruction of dermis with edema and hyperemia of the tissues beneath the burn * * * a burn that affects the epidermis and the dermis, classified as superficial or deep according to the depth… …   Medical dictionary

• Second degree — may refer to:* Second degree burn * Second degree polynomial, in mathematics * Second degree murder, actual definition varies from country to country …   Wikipedia

• second-degree — second de gree adjective 1. ) AMERICAN LEGAL second degree crimes are less serious than FIRST DEGREE crimes 2. ) MEDICAL a second degree burn is serious …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• second-degree burn — n. BURN1 (n. 1) …   English World dictionary

• second-degree — 1) ADJ: ADJ n In the United States, second degree is used to describe crimes that are considered to be less serious than first degree crimes. The judge reduced the charge to second degree murder. 2) ADJ: ADJ n A second degree burn is more severe… …   English dictionary

• second-degree — UK / US adjective 1) medical a second degree burn is more serious than a first degree burn but not as serious as a third degree burn 2) legal American second degree crimes are less serious than first degree crimes …   English dictionary

• second-degree — adjective second degree burn/burns technical the second most serious form of burn …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• second-degree — adj. Second degree is used with these nouns: ↑burn, ↑felony, ↑murder …   Collocations dictionary

• second-degree burn — second level of severity of a burn …   English contemporary dictionary

• second-degree burn — noun a burn, more severe than a first degree burn, that blisters the skin …   Wiktionary

• second-degree burn — sec′ond degree burn′ n. pat See under burn I, 26) • Etymology: 1935–40 …   From formal English to slang