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noun

Abrasion n.

The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.

The substance rubbed off.

(Med.)

(a)

A superficial excoriation of skin or mucous membranes.

(b)

Erosion of the tooth substance

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Abrasion" Quotes from Famous Books

... all right," he answered casually. "If I don't scratch myself, I am safe enough. I could swallow the stuff and it wouldn't hurt me—unless I had an abrasion of the lips or some ...

— The Exploits of Elaine • Arthur B. Reeve

... sis? Why, bless you, that toggery would be heaven compared to what a man has to contend with. Take a woman and put a pair of men's four shilling drawers on her that are so tight that when they get damp, from perspiration, sis, they stick so you can't cross your legs without an abrasion of the skin, the buckle in the back turning a somersault and sticking its points into your spinal meningitis; put on an undershirt that draws across the chest so you feel as though you must cut a hole in it, or ...

— Peck's Compendium of Fun • George W. Peck

... plant are then subjected to physical tests in order to determine their weathering qualities and their resistance to abrasion; extraction tests and chemical analyses are also made. Meanwhile other briquettes from the same lots are subjected to combustion tests for comparison with the same coal not briquetted. These tests are made in stationary boilers, in ...

— Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 • Herbert M. Wilson

... me yesterday, the Dicky Bird did," one of them would relate; "wanted advice about that fat fraud of his, Peter. 'He's got an abrasion on the knob of his right-hand front paw,' says he. 'Dicky Bird,' says I, 'that is no way to describe the anatomy of a horse after all the teaching I've given you.' 'I am so forgetful and horsey terms are so confusing,' he moans. 'Oh, ...

— Punch, Volume 153, July 11, 1917 - Or the London Charivari. • Various

... from his water bottle to get a shave, and there is no doubt that the lack of washing water aggravated the septic sores which afflicted the great majority. Wherever the skin was exposed on face, hands, arms and knees, any little cut or abrasion would fester till a big and painful sore had risen from the tiniest scratch. And with many men, however carefully they were dressed and bandaged to exclude the flies, they would not heal—or if they did another crop ...

— The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 • F.L. Morrison

Words linked to "Abrasion" : excoriation, wearing away, eating away, graze, detrition, rope burn, attrition, erosion, grinding, abrade, eroding, scrape, rubbing, wound, lesion, scratch, friction