eschar
medicine
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In medicine, an eschar is a scab that forms, particularly after a burn. It is dead tissue that has separated from the living tissue beneath it. The term "escharotic" describes something that produces an eschar. Burns, which can be caused by heat, chemicals, radiation, or electricity, damage the skin and can lead to the formation of eschar depending on their depth.123
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