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abrasion
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abrasion

In earth science, type of erosion in which rock fragments scrape and grind away a surface. It is also known as corrasion. The rock fragments may be carried by rivers, wind, ice, or the sea. Striations, or grooves, on rock surfaces are common abrasions, caused by the scratching of rock by debris carried in glacier ice.

abrasion

In medicine, another term for a graze or other minor lesion where the skin surface is worn away by friction.



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On admission, he complained of 2 days of fever, malaise, erythema and induration in the left hemithorax extending to the left thigh, and purulent secretion from an excoriation on the anterior aspect of the left thigh.
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, ... by Arias, Cesar A. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
We describe our use of a simple procedure involving the insertion of Silastic splints to successfully treat a case of persistent epistaxis with benign nasal septal ulceration and excoriation.
The use of Silastic nasal splints in the treatment of chronic ... by Smith, Ian / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
For the Democrats, there was nothing to be gained by defending what was increasingly viewed as a corrupt and failed institution; and for the most part they distanced themselves, or actively joined in the excoriation of the UN.
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