laceration
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laceration
- /læsəˈɹeɪʃən/
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
From Latin lacerātiō, first attested in 1598. By surface analysis, lacerate + -tion. Compare lacerate.
noun lacerations
- An irregular open wound to soft tissue. The doctor sewed up the laceration in his arm.
- The act of lacerating or tearing, either literally or figuratively. Why the founders of St. Merryn's Hospital chose to erect their institution at a main-road crossing upon a valuable office site, and thus expose their patients' nerves to constant laceration, is a foible that I never properly understood.
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noun an irregular open wound to soft tissue
| Español | laceración |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 劃破 /划破 huápò |
| हिन्दी | विदार vidār, विदीर्णन vidīrṇan, विदारण vidāraṇ |
| Português | laceração |
| Français | lacération |
| Deutsch | Platzwunde |
| Italiano | lacerazione |
| Русский | разры́в razrýv, рва́ная ра́на rvánaja rána |
| العربية | تَهَتُّك tahattuk |
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