See Also: lipoatrophy(medicine)
Lipoatrophy(health)
insulin lipoatrophy(medicine)
partial lipoatrophy(medicine)
scorch(dictionary)
scorch(2)(dictionary)
scorch(1)(dictionary)
scorch(medicine)
scorch 1, verb(dictionary)
scorch 2, noun(dictionary)

scorch 1, verb (oh) and Lipoatrophy (health)


scorch 1, verb (oh)



[Date: 1100-1200; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language]
[I and T] if you scorch something, or if it scorches, its surface burns slightly and changes colour
::The walls had been blackened and scorched by fire.
[T] if strong heat or wind scorches plants, it dries and damages them
::Direct sunlight will scorch the plant's leaves.
[T] if strong heat scorches you, it burns you
::The hot sand scorched our feet.
[I always + adverb/preposition] BrE informal to Travel extremely fast
scorch along/down/across etc
::He scorched out of the gate, almost crashing his new Sports car.
-- scorched adj

Lipoatrophy (health)


Small depressions in the subcutaneous tissues just under the skin that form when a person keeps injecting insulin into the same spot. Injecting around the depressed area can very slowly fill in the depression (over a period of many months).