| burns, second degree | Second degree burns look similar to the first degree burns in that it is red and sensation is intact; however, the damage is severe enough to cause blistering of the skin and the pain is usually somewhat more intense. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| burns, third degree | In third degree burns the damage has progressed to the point of skin death. The skin is white and without sensation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| burnstickle | <zoology> A stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| burnt | Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun. Burnt ear, a black, powdery fungus which destroys grain. See Smut. Burnt offering, something offered and burnt on an altar, as an atonement for sin; a sacrifice. The offerings of the Jews were a clean animal, as an ox, a calf, a goat, or a sheep; or some vegetable substance, as bread, or ears of wheat or barley. Synonym: burnt sacrifice. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| burnt alum | Alum deprived of its water of crystallization by heat; an astringent dusting powder. Synonym: burnt alum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Burow's operation | An operation in which triangles of skin adjacent to a sliding flap are excised to facilitate movement of the flap. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Burow's solution | A preparation of aluminium subacetate and glacial acetic acid, used for its antiseptic and astringent action on the skin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Burow's triangle | A triangle of skin and subcutaneous fat excised so that a pedicle flap can be advanced without buckling the adjacent tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Burow's vein | <anatomy, vein> An occasional vein passing from the inferior epigastric, sometimes receiving a tributary from the urinary bladder, which empties into the portal vein, one of the renal veins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Burow, Karl von | <person> German surgeon, 1809-1874. See: Burow's operation, Burow's solution, Burow's triangle, Burow's vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| burr | A rough or prickly propagule consisting of a seed or fruit and associated floral parts or bracts. (09 Oct 1997) |
| burr cell | Triangular helmet shaped cells found in blood, usually indicative of disorders of small blood vessels. (18 Nov 1997) |
| burrel fly | <zoology> The botfly or gadfly of cattle (Hypoderma bovis). See Gadfly. Origin: From its reddish colour. See 1st Burrel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| burrhel | <zoology> The wild Himalayan, or blue, sheep (Ovis burrhel). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| burring machine | A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |