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sun⋅burn

[suhn-burn] noun, verb, -burned or -burnt, -burn⋅ing.
–noun
1. inflammation of the skin caused by overexposure to the sun or a sunlamp.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
2. to affect or be affected with sunburn: An hour in the sun sunburned me severely. I sunburn easily.

Origin:
1520–30; sun + burn 1
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sun·burn   (sŭn'bûrn')   
n.  Inflammation or blistering of the skin caused by overexposure to direct sunlight.
tr. & intr.v.   sun·burned or sun·burnt (-bûrnt'), sun·burn·ing, sun·burns
To affect or be affected with sunburn.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1sun·burn
Pronunciation: -"b&rn
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: sun·burned /-"b&rnd/ or sun·burnt /-"b&rnt/; sun·burn·ing
: to affect with sunburn <sunburned skin>

Main Entry: 2sunburn
Function: noun
: inflammation of the skin caused by overexposure to ultraviolet radiation especially from sunlight called also erythemasolare
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sunburn sun·burn (sŭn'bûrn')
n.
Inflammation and erythema of the skin, often with blistering, caused by overexposure to the ultraviolet rays of direct sunlight.


sun'burn' v.

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