abrasion

/əˈbɹeɪ.ʒn̩/

noun 5

Collocations

ADJ.

small, sore, still

VERB + ABRASION

showed, signs

ABRASION + NOUN

knee, years

PREP.

after, on

noun

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

The metal surface showed signs of abrasion after years of use.

An act of abrasiveness.

The substance thus rubbed off; debris.

The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it.

An abraded, scraped, or worn area.

noun — the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water

noun — erosion by friction

noun — an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off

The metal surface showed signs of abrasion after years of use.

Wiktionary

The doctor cleaned the small skin abrasion on her knee.

Wiktionary

This ankle abrasion is still sore.

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It's just an abrasion and a bruise. Nothing's broken.

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