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excoriation

  • /ˈɛks.kɔ.ɹi.eɪʃən/

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noun excoriations

  1. countable, uncountable The act of excoriating or flaying.
  2. countable, uncountable The excoriated place, or the state of being excoriated or stripped of the skin; abrasion. A Perſon of Honour, of a full Body abounding with ſharp Humours, was ſeized with an Herpes on his right Leg. […] [I]t inflamed and ſwelled very much, many Wheals aroſe, and fretted one into another, with great Excoriation.
  3. countable, uncountable A severe verbal denouncing.

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noun skin abrasion

Françaisexcoriation
DeutschSchürfwunde
Italianoescoriazione
Русскийсса́дина ssádina

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"excoriation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/excoriation. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{excoriation_2026,
  title = {excoriation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/excoriation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}