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Ms. Tierney arrives in the Emergency Department with a burn that extends throughout the dermis and epidermis. It is hard, dry, and leathery with a brown to black color, and in one area it seems to have extended into the subcutaneous fat layer. Ms. Tierney's burn is most likely a ___ burn.

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Third degree or full thickness
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