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Definition of Electric burn
1. Noun. A burn caused by heat produced by an electric current.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Electric Burn
Literary usage of Electric burn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Convention by Convention, New York Press Association (1903)
"LIEB : I wish to ask Dr. McGowan a question, and that is, if it is a fact that
an electric burn is much more serious and difficult of cure than an ordinary ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1915)
"297; —$7500—man, strong and able bodied— electric burn from car to ear, lip cut,
eyesight and hearing affected, hair turned gray, mind wrecked, ..."
3. Traumatic surgery by John Joseph Moorhead (1921)
"... extremes of temperature only in origin, and they may be of the usual first,
second, and third degrees. An electric burn is an index of resistance of the ..."
4. American Red Cross Abridged Text-book on First Aid by Charles Lynch (1913)
"... an electric burn is due to a current of electricity which passes through the
body burning everything in its course to nearly an equal extent. ..."
5. Modern Surgery: General and Operative by John Chalmers Da Costa (1907)
"An electric burn looks like a blackened crust; it is surrounded by pale skin,
and for twenty-four hours remains dry, when inflammatory oozing begins and the ..."
6. Commentaries on the Law of Evidence in Civil Cases by Burr W. Jones, Louis Horwitz (1914)
"54. electric burn, 184a, n. 54. bursting of tank, 184a, n. 54. plank platform,
184a, n. 54. for damages for goods falling from warehouse crane, ..."
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