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Word: abrasion (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

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

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