costra

f.

1 layer, crust.

2 scab, crust.

3 encrustation, incrustation.

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costra

► nombre femenino

1 crust

2 MEDICINA scab

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noun f.

crust

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SF

1) (=corteza) crust

2) (Med) scab

3) [de vela] snuff

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femenino

a) (de herida) scab

b) (de suciedad) layer, coating

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= crust, encrustration [incustration], scab, incrustration [encustration].

Ex. And then he had nicked himself shaving, so badly that the styptic pencil had failed immediately to do its appointed task, delaying him so that he had to wolf down his breakfast, the eggs of which had on them a crust which he hated.

Ex. After a few weeks (or days, if you have very bad encrustation) the catheter will drain less well and then block.

Ex. Blood that flows outside of a blood vessel will clot and form a scab.

Ex. The water, that trickles from it in a rivulet, leaves a white incrustation along its channel, in appearance exactly like soap suds.

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* con costras = caked.

* en costras = caked.

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femenino

a) (de herida) scab

b) (de suciedad) layer, coating

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= crust, encrustration [incustration], scab, incrustration [encustration].

Ex: And then he had nicked himself shaving, so badly that the styptic pencil had failed immediately to do its appointed task, delaying him so that he had to wolf down his breakfast, the eggs of which had on them a crust which he hated.

Ex: After a few weeks (or days, if you have very bad encrustation) the catheter will drain less well and then block.

Ex: Blood that flows outside of a blood vessel will clot and form a scab.

Ex: The water, that trickles from it in a rivulet, leaves a white incrustation along its channel, in appearance exactly like soap suds.

* con costras = caked.

* en costras = caked.

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costra

feminine

1 (del pan) crust

2 (de una herida) scab

3 (de suciedad) layer, coating

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costra sustantivo femenino

a) (de herida) scab

b) (de suciedad) layer, coating

costra sustantivo femenino
1 Med (postilla) scab
2 (capa) crust
'costra' also found in these entries:
English:
scab
- crust

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costra nf

1. [de suciedad, de tierra] layer, crust

2. [de pan] crust

3. [de herida] scab

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costra

f MED scab

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costra nf

1) : crust

2) postilla: scab

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costra n scab