abrasion

English

Etymology

French abrasion (attested since 1611), from Medieval Latin abrasio, from abrādō; see abrade. Attested in English since 1656.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʒən

Noun

abrasion (plural abrasions)

1. The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
2. The substance thus rubbed off.
3. (medicine) A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds.
4. (geology) The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:injury

Related terms

• abrade

Translations

act of abrading

Bulgarian: изтъркване (bg) n., изтриване (bg) n. Finnish: hionta (fi) French: abrasion (fr) f. German: Abrasion (de) f.

Hindi: रगड़न (hi) (Ragaḍa़na) Latin: abrāsiō (la) f. Russian: трение (ru) (trénije) n., истирание (ru) (istiránije) n.

substance rubbed off

Finnish: hiomapöly (fi)

medicine: superficial excoriation

Bulgarian: ожулване (bg) n. Czech: odřenina (cs) f. Finnish: hiertymä (fi) French: abrasion (fr) f.

German: Abrasion (de) f. Russian: ссадина (ru) (ssádina) f. Spanish: rasguño (es) m., raspadura (es) f.

geology: effect of mechanical erosion of rock

Bulgarian: абразия (bg) (abrázija) f. Finnish: kuluma (fi) French: abrasion (fr) f. German: Abrasion (de) f., Abrieb (de) n.

Hungarian: erózió (hu) Russian: абразия (ru) (abrázija) f. Spanish: erosión (es) f.

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Interlingua: abrasion (ia) Italian: abrasione (it) f. Portuguese: abrasão (pt) f. Spanish: abrasión (es) f. Vietnamese: sự làm trầy (vi), sự cọ xơ ra (vi), chỗ bị trầy da (vi), sự mài mòn (vi)

See also

• contusion
• laceration

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French

Noun

abrasion f. (plural abrasions)

1. abrasion.

Anagrams

• abornais