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  1. A burn in medicine is the destruction of body
  2. tissue by extremes of temperature, corrosive
  3. chemicals, electricity, or radiation. 
  4. First-degree burns may cause reddening,
  5. whilst second-degree burns cause blistering
  6. and irritation but usually heal 
  7. spontaneously, third-degree burns are 
  8. disfiguring and may be life-threatening. 
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  10. Subject by: John Denver
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