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crust (medicine) and scar(1) (iou)


crust (medicine)


crust


1. A hard outer layer or covering; cutaneous crusts are often formed by dried serum or pus on the surface of a ruptured blister or pustule.

2. A scab.

Synonym: crusta.

Origin: L. Crusta


scar(1) (iou)



scar adjective. [skɑ:] Scot. & north. ME.
[Old Norse skiarr (Norwegian skerr), whence also skirra SCARE verb.]
Of a person or animal, esp. a horse: shy, timid; nervous, excitable.