third-degree burn

1. 1.

   burn characterized by destruction of both epidermis and dermis

   Broaderburn

Questions about third-degree burn

What does third-degree burn mean?

third-degree burn means "burn characterized by destruction of both epidermis and dermis".

Is third-degree burn a common word?

third-degree burn is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.