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Webster 1913 Edition
Abrasion
1.
The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction;
as, the
. abrasion
of coins2.
The substance rubbed off.
Berkeley.
3.
(Med.)
(a)
A superficial excoriation of skin or mucous membranes.
AS
(b)
Erosion of the tooth substance
AS
Webster 1828 Edition
Abrasion
ABRA'SION
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Abrasion
Abrasion
German
Noun
Abrasion f (genitive Abrasion, plural Abrasionen)
Declension
Declension of Abrasion
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Abrasion | die | Abrasionen |
| genitive | einer | der | Abrasion | der | Abrasionen |
| dative | einer | der | Abrasion | den | Abrasionen |
| accusative | eine | die | Abrasion | die | Abrasionen |
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abrasion
abrasion
English
Noun
abrasion (plural abrasions)
- The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction. [First attested in the mid 17th century.][1]
- (obsolete) The substance thus rubbed off; debris. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][1]
- (geology) The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][1]
- An abraded, scraped, or worn area. [First attested in the mid 20th century.][1]
- (medicine) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away. [First attested in the mid 20th century.][1]
- (dentistry) The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:injury
Related terms
Translations
act of abrading
medicine: superficial wound
geology: effect of mechanical erosion of rock
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 7