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burn medical definition
verb
- To undergo or cause to undergo combustion.
- To consume or use as fuel or energy.
- To damage or injure by fire, heat, radiation, electricity, or a caustic agent.
- To irritate or inflame, as by chafing or sunburn.
- To become sunburned or windburned.
- To metabolize a substance, such as glucose, in the body.
- To impart a sensation of intense heat to.
- To feel or look hot.
- An injury produced by fire, heat, radiation, electricity, or a caustic agent.
- A burned place or area.
- The process or result of burning.
- A stinging sensation.
- A sunburn or windburn.
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