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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A burn that blisters the skin and is more severe than a first-degree burn.
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- noun a burn, more
severe than afirst-degree burn , thatblisters theskin
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun burn causing blisters on the skin and superficial destruction of the dermis
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