FIRST-DEGREE BURN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does first-degree burn mean? 

• FIRST-DEGREE BURN (noun)
  The noun FIRST-DEGREE BURN has 1 sense:

1. burn causing redness of the skin surface

  Familiarity information: FIRST-DEGREE BURN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIRST-DEGREE BURN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Burn causing redness of the skin surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("first-degree burn" is a kind of...):

burn (an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "first-degree burn"):

erythema solare; sunburn (redness of the skin caused by exposure to the rays of the sun)