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es·char (es′kär′, -kər)

noun

a dry scab that forms as a result of a burn or of corrosive action

Etymology: altered (after L) < ME escare < OFr < LL eschara: see scar

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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