postburn

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
16
Letters
8

Definition of postburn

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)After a burn.
    “At one, three, six, 12, 24, 48 and 72 hours' postburn period, the bilateral soleus muscles were removed and immediately incubated in Kreb-Henseleit bicarbonate buffer […]”
    “Even if in the initial phase of acute hand burn injury all treatment measures have been executed properly, postburn deformities still occur and are the most common cause of skin contracture in the hand. Postburn scarring and contractures affect the function as well as the aesthetic appearance of the hand and remain the most frustrating late complication of a hand burn.”

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Etymology

From post- + burn.

Words you can make from postburn

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6-letter words

12 words

5-letter words

42 words

4-letter words

80 words

3-letter words

58 words

2-letter words

7 words

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