fourth-degree burn

noun

The most severe level of burn damage, typically involving major damage to muscles, tendons, and ligaments, as well as the skin.

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Meanings

nounfourth-degree burn (plural fourth-degree burns)

plural fourth-degree burns

  1. The most severe level of burn damage, typically involving major damage to muscles, tendons, and ligaments, as well as the skin.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 四度燒傷 /四度烧伤
  • 四度燒傷 /四度烧伤most severe level of burn damage
Finnish neljännen asteen palovamma
  • neljännen asteen palovammamost severe level of burn damage
French brûlure au quatrième degré
  • brûlure au quatrième degrémost severe level of burn damage
German Verbrennung vierten Grades, Verbrennung 4. Grades
  • Verbrennung vierten Gradesmost severe level of burn damage
  • Verbrennung 4. Gradesmost severe level of burn damage
Portuguese queimadura de quarto grau
  • queimadura de quarto graumost severe level of burn damage
Russian ожо́г четвёртой сте́пени
  • ожо́г четвёртой сте́пени (ožóg četvjórtoj stépeni)most severe level of burn damage
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APA

fourth-degree burn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fourth-degree%20burn

MLA

“fourth-degree burn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fourth-degree%20burn. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fourth-degree burn,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fourth-degree%20burn.

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