What does first-degree burn mean?

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first-degree burn

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English

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first-degree burns (plural)

second-degree burn third-degree burn fourth-degree burn

What does first-degree burn mean?: A mild burn that causes redness of the skin but no blistering.

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