scab has definitions from the fields of biology,anatomy,work
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[ verb ] form a scab

Examples

"the wounds will eventually scab"

Used in print

(Eugene Burdick, "The Invisible Aborigine"...)

Its ribs showed , it was a yellow nondescript color , it suffered from a variety of sores , hair had scabbed off its body in patches .

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heal

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[ noun ] (work) someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike

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worker

3
[ verb ] (work) take the place of work of someone on strike

Synonyms

blackleg rat

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work

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[ noun ] (biology,anatomy) the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion
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