abrasion
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- noun
- /əˈbreɪʒən/
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abrasión
- She treated the abrasion on her hand with antiseptic to prevent infection.
- skin abrasions
- cuts and abrasions
- superficial abrasion
Corneal abrasion, when you blink, it's smooth, you don't feel it.
- Corneal abrasion, when you blink, it's smooth, you don't feel it.
Examples
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Try to get as much air on those abrasions on your back as you can.
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There are abrasion wounds on her left knee.
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I just need to get one more picture of that abrasion.
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And that explains the abrasion on your palm!
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A slight abrasion on the left elbow, probably the result of a fall.
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There were abrasions but no cuts of consequence.
Fiction book (1995) -
Assess the skin for rashes, cuts, abrasions, and especially pressure point areas, and treat.
Academic text (2002) -
Her cheek was bandaged, and there were minor abrasions on her forehead and chin.
Fiction book (1999) -
Common injuries related to exercising include abrasions, sprains, broken bones, and dislocated joints.
Blog text (24) -
The doctor examined the abrasion on her knee and said it would heal quickly.
Synonyms
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1.6
A thin shallow mark on skin or a surface made by something sharp
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1.3
A mark on a surface caused by rubbing it against something hard
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2.6
A scratch or mark made when one thing rubs another
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3.4
A small scrape that removes the top layer of skin
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5.7
Skin scraped when someone falls or slides on hard ground
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8.8
A small light mark made when something rubs a surface like skin or wood
A scrape where the skin has been rubbed away
A skin scrape you get when you fall or slide on a road
Antonyms
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Abrasion comes from Latin ab- 'away' and radere 'to scrape'. A helpful image is skin being 'scraped away', which is why abrasion means a scrape or graze on the skin.