(adv. & a.) Inflames; glowing with light or passion; ablaze.
Example Sentences:
(1) Once again the stone country is aflame late in the dry season.
(2) He added: "The person who lit the spark that set the whole country aflame was the prime minister."
(3) A caveman holds in one hand a pot labelled “petrol”, in the other a wooden stick, aflame, labelled “fire”.
(4) The last week of campaigning was entirely overshadowed after Ken Livingstone, Labour’s last London mayor, took up his handy blowtorch and set aflame the party’s rumbling row about anti-semitism.
(5) Bracken, gorse and dry moorland grass appear to be aflame.
(6) Their dynamic forward tandem of Warren Archibald and Steve David lit the nets aflame, but it wasn’t enough: the team left town in 1983 for Minnesota.
(7) At least one policeman was injured and the Guardian saw another with his leg aflame after what looked like a Molotov cocktail exploded beside him.
(8) Besides the goals, there was enough incident to keep rivalry aflame.
Sunburn
Definition:
(v. t.) To burn or discolor by the sun; to tan.
(n.) The burning or discoloration produced on the skin by the heat of the sun; tan.
Example Sentences:
(1) Temperature at 3 PM, sensitive skin type, youthfulness, and being male were also independently associated with sunburn.
(2) Skin diseases of the udder include viral infections, mange, sunburn, wounds, and staphylococcal dermatitis.
(3) A physical grading of some well-known sunburn protectors is described as a guide to the choice of preparation.
(4) A sun protection factor (SPF)-15 and an SPF-30 sunscreen were compared with regard to their ability to prevent sunburn cell formation after the exposure of human skin to a standardized dose of solar-simulated radiation.
(5) The following relative risks were identified: (1) All cases of SCC of the skin and matched controls: agricultural occupation 1.49, history of severe sunburn 1.49.
(6) In all tests, the combination of 7% octyl-dimethyl p-aminobenzoic acid ester and 3% oxybenzone was substantially more effective in protecting against sunburn than any other formula tested, including 5% p-aminobenzoic acid (PABA).
(7) The research, carried out by the British Association of Dermatologists, also revealed that a “shocking” 72% of people admitted having been sunburned in the previous year.
(8) Besides avoiding sunburn, other advice includes spending time in the shade, covering up and using a minimum factor 15 sunscreen.
(9) UVB-augmented release of IL-1-like activity peaked 1 h after irradiation and levels returned to baseline by 2 h. Release of IL-1-like activity from human skin after exposure to UV radiation may account for some of the local and systemic features of the sunburn response.
(10) Persons with skin types I and II were sometimes promised a safe, effective UVA tan that would protect against sunburn.
(11) A tendency to sunburn after 0.5 h midday summer sun exposure increased risk for uveal melanoma (burn with tanning RR = 1.5, P = 0.02; burn with little tanning RR = 1.8, P less than 0.001; burn with no tanning RR = 1.7, P = 0.002); as did exposure to UV or black lights (RR = 3.7, P = 0.003); and welding burn, sunburn of the eye, or snow blindness (RR = 7.2, P less than 0.001).
(12) More than one week later, following another dose of methotrexate, he experienced a second-degree burn in the areas of the prior sunburn, with sparing of chronically exposed areas on his face, neck, and arms.
(13) After all other predictors were controlled for, the body exposure index (which took into account time outside and hat, clothing, and sunscreen coverage) made a strong independent contribution to the explanation of sunburn (P < 0.001).
(14) Secondly, a study in Canadian school children revealed significantly higher naevus counts in subjects with numerous or severe episodes of sunburn in the previous 5 years.
(15) Sunburns in childhood are considered a major risk factor.
(16) The data suggest that ibuprofen is more effective than placebo for the relief of symptoms associated with UV-B-induced inflammation after high dose UV-B phototherapy for psoriasis, but the drug has limited usefulness in the treatment of sunburn reaction from these same doses.
(17) "Everyone can enjoy the sun safely by keeping out of the heat at the hottest time of the day, avoiding sunburn and staying hydrated with plenty of cool drinks.
(18) Telephone survey respondents provided detailed accounts of activities engaged in, time spent outside, and hat, clothing, and sunscreen coverage in the 4 hr around the solar midday on both weekend days, as well as skin type, sociodemographic descriptors, and degree of sunburn experienced.
(19) The purpose of this study was to determine whether topical L-selenomethionine reduces the degree of acute damage to the skin (i.e., sunburn) induced by ultraviolet (UV) irradiation in humans.
(20) The genesis of the tumor is uncertain, however the cutaneous fair complexion, the number and type of pigmented nevei and acute intermittent sun exposure with sunburn may play a significant role in its development.