abrasion

First attested in 1656. From French abrasion (attested since 1611), from Medieval Latin abrasio (“a scraping”), from abrādō (“scrape off”). See also abrade.

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈbɹeɪ.ʒn̩/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʒən

abrasion (countable and uncountable, plural abrasions)

1. The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction. [First attested in the mid 17^th century.][1]
2. (obsolete) The substance thus rubbed off; debris. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.][1]
3. (geology) The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.][1]
4. An abraded, scraped, or worn area. [First attested in the mid 20^th century.][1]
5. (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 20^th century.][1]
6. (dentistry) The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.

• See also Thesaurus:injury

• abrade

• contusion
• laceration

• Robainas, abronias, arabinos

abrasion f (plural abrasions)

1. abrasion.

• “abrasion” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• abornais