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a⋅bra⋅sion

  [uh-brey-zhuhn]
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–noun
1. a scraped spot or area; the result of rubbing or abrading: abrasions on his leg caused by falling on the gravel.
2. the act or process of abrading.
Origin:
1650–60; < ML abrāsiōn- (s. of abrāsiō), equiv. to abrās(us) scraped off (ptp. of abrādere; see abrade ) + -iōn- -ion

Synonyms:
1. sore, scrape, lesion. 2. rubbing, erosion.
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a·bra·sion   (ə-brā'zhən)   
n.  
  1. The process of wearing down or rubbing away by means of friction.
    1. A scraped or worn area.
    2. A scraped area on the skin or on a mucous membrane, resulting from injury or irritation.

[Medieval Latin abrāsiō, abrāsiōn-, from Latin abrāsus, past participle of abrādere, to scrape off; see abrade.]
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Abrasion

Ab*ra"sion\, n. [L. abrasio, fr. abradere. See Abrade.]

1. The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.

2. The substance rubbed off. --Berkeley.

3. (Med.) A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds. --Dunglison.
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Language Translation for : abrasion
Spanish: abrasión,
German: die Abschürfung,
Japanese: すりむけ
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abrasion 
1656, from M.L. abrasionem "a scraping," noun of action from L. abrasus, pp. of abradere, from ab- "off" + radere "to scrape" (see raze). Abrasive in the fig. sense of "tending to provoke anger" is first recorded 1925.
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Main Entry: abra·sion
Pronunciation: &-'brA-zh&n
Function: noun
1 : wearing, grinding, or rubbing away by friction
2 a : the rubbing or scraping of the surface layer of cells or tissue from an area of the skin or mucous membrane; also : a place so abraded b : the mechanicalwearing away of the tooth surfaces by chewing
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abrasion a·bra·sion (ə-brā'zhən)
n.

  1. A scraping away of a portion of a surface.
  2. The wearing down or rubbing away or removal of the superficial layers of skin or mucous membrane in a limited area.
  3. The pathological wearing away of tooth substance by mechanical means; grinding.

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abrasion   (ə-brā'zhən)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. The process of wearing away a surface by friction. A rock undergoes abrasion when particles of sand or small pieces of rock are carried across its surface by a glacier, stream, or the wind.
  2. A scraped area on the skin or mucous membranes.

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