1 : an act, process, instance, or result of burning:
a : injury or damage resulting from exposure
to fire, heat, caustics, electricity, or
certain radiations
b : a burned area
Burn extent
burn extent is based on that percentage of Body
Surface Area (BSA) which clinically has 2nd and 3rd
degree burn, but does not include areas of 1st degree burn.
An anti-rejection drug given to patients who receive
transplants of one nature or another.
Collagen
an insoluble fibrous protein of vertebrates that is the
chief constituent of the fibrils of connective tissue
(as in skin and tendons) and of the organic substance of
bones and yields gelatin and glue on prolonged heating
with water
the action of understanding, being aware of, being
sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings,
thoughts, and experience of another of either the past
or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and
experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit
manner
Epidermis
The upper or outer layer of the two main layers of
cells that make up the skin.
relating to or being the bodily condition that
results when cells from a tissue or organ transplant
mount an immunological attack against the cells or
tissues of the host
a system that provides all or some of the items
(as oxygen, food, water, and disposition of carbon
dioxide and body wastes) necessary for maintaining
life or health
a bitter crystalline addictive narcotic base that
is the principal alkaloid of opium and is used in the
form of a soluble salt (as a hydrochloride or a sulfate)
as an analgesic and sedative
a burn marked by pain, blistering, and superficial
destruction of dermis with edema and hyperemia of the
tissues beneath the burn
Surviver
one that survives
Silver nitrate
an irritant compound used in medicine esp. as an
antiseptic and caustic
Skin graft
a piece of skin that is taken from a donor area
to replace skin in a defective or denuded area
(as one that has been burned)
Skin
the 2-layered covering of the body consisting of
an outer ectodermal epidermis that is more or less
cornified and penetrated by the openings of sweat
and sebaceous glands and an inner mesodermal dermis
that is composed largely of connective tissue and is
richly supplied with blood vessels and nerves
Swell
to become distended or puffed up
Swelling
an abnormal bodily protuberance or localized
enlargement
Support group
a group of people with common experiences and
concerns who provide emotional and moral support
for one another
a severe burn characterized by destruction of the
skin through its deeper layers and possibly into
underlying tissues, loss of fluid, and sometimes shock
Transfusion
the process of transfusing fluid into a vein or artery