коро́ста — meaning in English

English meaning

• scab noun A dry, hard crust that forms over a wound as it heals.
• scabies noun A contagious skin condition caused by tiny mites burrowing under the skin, causing intense itching.
• slough noun The old skin shed by a snake, or dead tissue that separates from a wound.

Senses

коро́ста is used for these senses in English:

• bejel Endemic syphilis, a chronic disease of skin and tissue caused by infection by a subspecies of the spirochete Treponema pallidum.
• scab An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing.
• scabies (pathology) An infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei, causing intense itching caused by the mites burrowing into the skin of humans and other animals. It is easily transmissible from human to human; secondary skin infection may occur.
• slough Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.

scab — full definition

1. noun A dry, hard crust that forms over a wound as it heals.
2. noun An insulting term for a worker who continues working, or takes a striking worker's job, during a labour strike.
3. verb To act as a strikebreaker.

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