Abrasion

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  • noun. The process of wearing down or rubbing away by means of friction.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A scraped or worn area.
  • noun. A scraped area on the skin or on a mucous membrane, resulting from injury or irritation.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of abrading; the act of wearing or rubbing off or away by friction or attrition.
  • noun. The result of rubbing or abrading; an abraded spot or place: applied chiefly to a fretting or excoriation of the skin by which the underlying tissues are exposed. In pathology, a superficial excoriation of the mucous membrane of the intestines, accompanied by loss of substance in the form of small shreds. The substance worn away by abrading or attrition.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
  • noun. The substance rubbed off.
  • noun. A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
  • noun. erosion by friction
  • noun. the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
  • Word Usage
    "That can sometimes happen with bruising, but not with an abrasion, which is what we see on Oliveaux's cheek."
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