Causing blistering of the skin, which is more damaging than first-degree burns and less than third-degree and fourth-degree burns
In the United States, second-degree is used to describe crimes that are considered to be less serious than first-degree crimes. The judge reduced the charge to second-degree murder
A second-degree burn is more severe than a first-degree burn but less severe than a third-degree burn. James Bell suffered second-degree burns in an explosion