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postburn

postburn adjective: after a burn.

Adjective

postburn (not comparable)

  1. 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 […]1995, Kiyonori Harii, Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, page 488
    • 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...2010, Scott W. Wolfe, William C. Pederson, Robert N. Hotchkiss, Green's Operative Hand Surgery, Sixth Edition, page 2099

Origin of postburn

From post- + burn.

Questions about postburn

What does postburn mean?
Postburn means after a burn.
What part of speech is postburn?
Postburn is an adjective.

Words near postburn in the dictionary

  1. postbuccal
  2. postbuckling
  3. postbuild
  4. postbulbar
  5. postbureaucratic
  6. postburn
  7. postbursal
  8. postburst
  9. postbus
  10. postbuses
  11. postbuyout

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