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Definition 2025
fourth-degree
fourth-degree
English
Adjective
fourth-degree (not comparable)
- Fourth-degree. Compare first-degree, second-degree and third-degree.
- (of a burn) Damaging muscle, tendon, ligament tissue, thus resulting in catastrophic damage, more severe than all other degrees: first-degree, second-degree and third-degree.
Translations
damaging muscles and other tissue
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