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es·char

(ĕs′kär′)
n.
A dry scab or slough formed on the skin as a result of a burn or by the action of a corrosive or caustic substance.
[Middle English escare, from Old French; see scar1.]
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eschar

(ˈɛskɑː)
n
(Medicine) a dry scab or slough, esp one following a burn or cauterization of the skin
[C16: from Late Latin eschara scab, from Greek eskhara hearth, pan of hot coals (which could inflict burns); see scar1]
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es•char

(ˈɛs kɑr, -kər)

n.
a hard crust or scab, as from a burn.
[1375–1425; escare < Late Latin eschara < Greek eschára hearth, brazier]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. eschar - a dry scab formed on the skin following a burn or cauterization of the skin
scab - the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion
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Translations

es·char

n. escara, costra de color oscuro que se forma en la piel después de una quemadura.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

eschar

n escara, costra
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Abstract: A subadult, male bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) was evaluated after being found unable to fly, with large eschars on the dorsal head and right stifle.
Successful, Full-Thickness Skin Graft in a Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Thirty-five patients (11.6%) were qPCR-negative but had eschars.
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Rather, eschars, which are small patches of necrotic skin, are far more characteristic.
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Study of distribution of eschars in paediatric scrub typhus patients at a tertiary care hospital
On exam, he had a temperature of 100.5[degrees] F, inguinal lymphadenopathy, and 2 eschars: a 1.5 cm one on his right groin and an identical one on the medial aspect of the right popliteal fossa (FIGURE 1).
Case report
The SF group rickettsioses, most of which are transmitted by ticks, share many common features in clinical presentations, including (1) incubation periods of approximately one week; (2) flu-like prodromes of high fever, fatigue, headache, myalgia, arthralgia, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain (that may mimic acute appendicitis in RMSF); (3) spotty rashes within three to five days of fever onset; and (4) necrotic eschars at tick-bite sites.
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The external auditory canal was filled with reddish soft tissue and greenish pus along with three blackish eschars over the scalp (Fig.
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Therefore, it is now recommended that surgical excision for spider bites be reserved for those patients whose eschars are stable; stability typically occurs in 6 to 10 weeks.
Brown recluse spider bites to the head: three cases and a review
The 40-year-old, otherwise healthy patient presented with fever, mild headache, malaise, diffuse myalgias and arthralgias, and multiple eschars; he was eventually diagnosed with spotted fever rickettsiosis.
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japonica from eschars at the Chiba Prefectural Institute of Public Health (Chiba, Japan) or Kameda Medical Center (Kamogawa, Japan) (19,20).
Distinguishing Japanese Spotted Fever and Scrub Typhus, Central Japan, 2004- 2015
Distribution of eschars on the body of scrub typhus patients: a prospective study.
Distribution of eschar in children with scrub typhus

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