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escharotomy

noun/ˌɛskəˈrɒtəmi/

C2CEFR level
96/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

A surgical incision through the eschar of a deep circumferential burn to relieve constriction and restore perfusion.

A limb-saving escharotomy was performed when the tight circumferential burn began to compromise distal circulation.

Topic: Surgery in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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