noun
second-degree burn
Medical term used in clinical or first-aid contexts. In everyday conversation, やけど (yakedo) is more common.
第二度熱傷は水ぶくれができることが多い。
Second-degree burns often cause blisters.
Compound of 第二度 (second degree) and 熱傷 (burn). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with medical terminology.