Dictionary Definition
abrasion
Noun
3 the wearing down of rock particles by friction
due to water or wind or ice [syn: grinding, attrition, detrition]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
abrasio, from abrado; see abrade. Attested in English since 1656.Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪʒən
Noun
- The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
- The substance thus rubbed off.
- A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds.
- The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it.
Related terms
Translations
act of abrading
- Finnish: hionta
- German: Abrasion
substance rubbed off
- Finnish: hiomapöly
medicine: superficial excoriation
- Czech: odřenina
- Finnish: hiertymä
- German: Abrasion
geology: effect of mechanical erosion of rock
- Finnish: kuluma
- German: Abrasion
- ttbc French: abrasion
- ttbc Interlingua: abrasion
- ttbc Italian: abrasione
- ttbc Portuguese: abrasão
- ttbc Spanish: abrasión
- ttbc Vietnamese: sự làm trầy, sự cọ xơ ra, chỗ bị trầy da, sự mài mòn
See also
French
Noun
fr-noun fExtensive Definition
In dermatology, an abrasion, is
a wound consisting of
superficial damage to the skin, generally not deeper than the
epidermis.
It is more superficial than an excoriation, although it can
give mild bleeding. Mild abrasions, also known as 'grazes' do not
scar, but deep abrasions
may lead to the development of scarring tissue.
A more serious abrasion injury that removes all
of the layers of skin is more commonly called an avulsion
injury.
Most commonly, abrasion injuries occur when
exposed skin comes into moving contact with a rough surface causing
trauma to the upper layers of the epidermis.
Types of abrasions
Such injuries, where caused by abrasive contact with textiles or carpet, are sometimes referred to as rug burn or carpet burn. In vehicle accidents where the skin contacts the road surface, it is known as road rash. Slipping on ropes or other surfaces is known as rope burn or friction burn.abrasion in Danish: Abrasion
abrasion in German: Schürfwunde
abrasion in Esperanto: Abrazio
abrasion in French: Abrasion (médecine)
abrasion in Galician: Abrasión
abrasion in Dutch: Schaafwond
abrasion in Japanese: 擦過傷
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
ablation, abrasive, abstraction, atomization, attrition, beating, blemish, break, brecciation, buffing, burn, burnishing, chafe, chafing, check, chip, comminution, concussion, crack, crackle, craze, crumbling, crushing, cut, deduction, detrition, disintegration, dressing, erasure, erosion, filing, flash burn, fracture, fragmentation, fray, frazzle, fretting, gall, galling, gash, granulation, granulization, grating, grazing, grinding, hurt, incision, injury, laceration, lesion, levigation, limation, mashing, mortal wound, mutilation, polishing, pounding, powdering, puncture, purification, rasping, refinement, removal, rent, rip, rubbing away, run, rupture, sandblasting, sanding, scald, scorch, scouring, scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching, scrub, scrubbing, scuff, second-degree burn,
shining, shredding, slash, smashing, smoothing, sore, stab, stab wound, subduction, sublation, subtraction, taking away,
tear, third-degree burn,
trauma, trituration, wear, wearing away, wound, wounds immedicable,
wrench