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flashburn

flashburn is the alternative form of flash burn.

Meaning of flash burn

Noun

flash burn (countable and uncountable, plural flash burns)

  1. A skin injury caused by brief, intense exposure to heat or light.
    • The greatest number of radiation injuries was probably due to the ultra-violet rays which have a wave length slightly shorter than visible light and which caused flash burn comparable to severe sunburn.1946, The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Manhattan Engineer District, page 20

Forms of flashburn

pluralflashburns

Questions about flashburn

What is flashburn the alternative form of?
Flashburn is the alternative form of flash burn.

Words near flashburn in the dictionary

  1. flashbulb memories
  2. flashbulb memory
  3. flashbulb moment
  4. flashbulb moments
  5. flashbulbs
  6. flashburn
  7. flashburns
  8. flashcard
  9. flashcards
  10. flashcart
  11. flashcarts

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