escarre — meaning in English
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English meaning
- slough noun The old skin shed by a snake, or dead tissue that separates from a wound.
Senses
escarre is used for these senses in English:
- bedsore (medicine, usually, in the plural, dated) A lesion caused by unrelieved pressure to any part of the body, especially portions over bony or cartilaginous areas, such as frequently develops on a person confined to a bed by infirmity.
- eschar (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.
- slough Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.
slough — full definition
- noun The old skin shed by a snake, or dead tissue that separates from a wound.
- verb To shed or discard an old outer layer, or to get rid of something no longer needed.
- noun A swampy or marshy area, or a state of low emotional spirits.