Abrasion

English

Etymology

Medieval Latin abrasio, from abrādō; see abrade. Attested in English since 1656.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʒən

Noun

Singular Abrasion

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Abrasion ({{{1}}})

1. The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
2. The substance thus rubbed off.
3. (medicine) A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds.
4. Template:Geology The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:injury

Related terms

• abrade

Translations

act of abrading

Bulgarian: изтъркване bg(bg) n., изтриване bg(bg) n. Finnish: hionta fi(fi) French: abrasion fr(fr) f.

German: Abrasion de(de) f. Latin: abrāsiō la(la) f.

substance rubbed off

Finnish: hiomapöly fi(fi)

medicine: superficial excoriation

Bulgarian: ожулване bg(bg) n. Czech: odřenina cs(cs) f. Finnish: hiertymä fi(fi)

French: abrasion fr(fr) f. German: Abrasion de(de) f.

geology: effect of mechanical erosion of rock

Bulgarian: абразия bg(bg) (abrázija) f. Finnish: kuluma fi(fi)

French: abrasion fr(fr) f. German: Abrasion de(de) f.

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Interlingua: abrasion ia(ia) Italian: abrasione it(it) f. Portuguese: abrasão pt(pt) f. Spanish: abrasión es(es) f. Vietnamese: sự làm trầy vi(vi), sự cọ xơ ra vi(vi), chỗ bị trầy da vi(vi), sự mài mòn vi(vi)

See also

• contusion
• laceration

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French

Noun

Abrasion f. (plural Abrasions)

1. abrasion.

Anagrams

• aabinors,
• abornais

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