Usually means: Dead tissue from a burn.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. eschar: Merriam-Webster
  2. eschar: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. eschar: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. eschar: Collins English Dictionary
  5. eschar: Vocabulary.com
  6. Eschar, eschar: Wordnik
  7. eschar: Wiktionary
  8. eschar: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. eschar: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. eschar: Dictionary.com
  11. Eschar: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Eschar: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. eschar: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. eschar: Rhymezone
  15. Eschar: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. eschar: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. eschar: FreeDictionary.org
  18. eschar: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. eschar: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. eschar: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. eschar: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Eschar: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Eschar: Merck Manuals
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Eschar: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  7. eschar: Medical dictionary
  8. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  9. Eschar: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (eschar)

noun:  (medicine) A superficial structure of dead tissue, usually hardened, commonly, but not necessarily dark, adhering to underlying living or necrotic tissue, caused by gangrene or a burn.
noun:  (loose or obsolete) Any hard, dark, commonly flattened or sunken lesion or crust, especially on a burn, abscess, infection, wound; commonly a coagulation of blood or exudations, not necessarily involving dead or necrotic tissue.
noun:  (figurative or literary) The emotional imprint of a trauma such as grief, loss, or degradation.

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