laceration
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| lacerate | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to tear (the flesh, etc) jaggedly |
| 2. | to hurt or harrow (the feelings, etc) |
| —adj | |
| 3. | having edges that are jagged or torn; lacerated: lacerate leaves |
| [C16: from Latin lacerāre to tear, from lacer mangled] | |
| 'lacerable | |
| —adj | |
| lacera'bility | |
| —n | |
| lacer'ation | |
| —n | |
| 'lacerative | |
| —adj | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
laceration
1590s, from L. lacerationem, noun of action from lacerare (see lacerate).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
laceration lac·er·a·tion (lās'ə-rā'shən)
n.
A jagged wound or cut.
The process or act of tearing tissue.
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Example sentences
He was also treated during surgery for a scalp laceration.
One was beaten, suffering a laceration of the forehead, and the other was stabbed in the back.
He suffered a laceration above his left eye, but remained on the bench and wanted to return.
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