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ex⋅co⋅ri⋅a⋅tion

  [ik-skawr-ee-ey-shuhn, -skohr-]
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–noun
1. the act of excoriating.
2. the state of being excoriated.
3. an excoriated place on the body.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME excoriacioun < ML excoriātiōn- (s. of excoriātiō). See excoriate, -ion
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ex·co·ri·ate   (ĭk-skôr'ē-āt', -skōr'-)   
tr.v.   ex·co·ri·at·ed, ex·co·ri·at·ing, ex·co·ri·ates
  1. To tear or wear off the skin of; abrade. See Synonyms at chafe.
  2. To censure strongly; denounce: an editorial that excoriated the administration for its inaction.

[Middle English excoriaten, from Latin excoriāre, excoriāt- : ex-, ex- + corium, skin; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.]
ex·co'ri·a'tion n., ex·co'ri·a'tor n.
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Excoriation

Ex*co`ri*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. excoriation.]

1. The act of excoriating or flaying, or state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion.

2. Stripping of possession; spoliation. [Obs.]

A pitiful excoriation of the poorer sort. --Howell.
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Main Entry: ex·co·ri·a·tion
Pronunciation: (")ek-"skOr-E-'A-sh&n, -"skor-
Function: noun
1 : the act of abrading orwearing off the skin excoriation of the skin>
2 : a raw irritated lesion (as of the skin or a mucosal surface) excoriations produced by picking at the skin> —ex·co·ri·ate /ek-'skOr-E-"At/ transitive verb -at·ed;-at·ing
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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