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What does second-degree mean?

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Adjective
  1. Second-degree. Compare first-degree, third-degree and fourth-degree.
    1. (of a burn) Causing blistering of the skin, which is more damaging than first-degree burns and less than third-degree and fourth-degree burns.
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He is charged with second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and owning a mischievous dog that killed a person.
Do not remove dead burned tissue and do not open blisters that may form, particularly in second-degree burns.
His behavior was in no way accidental, and he was in fact subsequently convicted of second-degree murder for killing Fansler.
The chemical burned through the first layer of skin and the resulting second-degree burn covers an area more than 2 to 3 inches in diameter.
His whole face is blistered and he has first and second-degree burns to his face which may leave scarring.
Natural color may return to superficial burns and some second-degree burns in several months.

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