Meaning of LACERATION
| Pronunciation: | | `lasu'reyshun
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- [n] the act of lacerating
- [n] a torn ragged wound
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| | See Also: | | lesion, tear, wound | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Lac`er*a"tion\, n. [L. laceratio: cf. F.
lac['e]ration.]
1. The act of lacerating.
2. A breach or wound made by lacerating. --Arbuthnot.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A laceration is a tear of soft tissues. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A tear or cut in the flesh. |
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| | Related Terms: | | abrasion, abscission, amputation, blemish, break, burn, butchering, chafe, check, chip, chopping, clawing, cleavage, concussion, crack, crackle, craze, cruciation, crucifixion, cut, cutting, dichotomy, enucleation, excision, fission, flash burn, fracture, fray, frazzle, gall, gash, hell, hell upon earth, holocaust, horror, hurt, incision, injury, lancination, lesion, martyrdom, mortal wound, mutilation, nightmare, passion, persecution, puncture, purgatory, rack, rending, rent, resection, rip, ripping, run, rupture, scald, scission, scorch, scrape, scratch, scuff, second-degree burn, section, severance, slash, slashing, slicing, sore, splitting, stab, stab wound, surgery, tear, tearing, third-degree burn, torment, torture, trauma, wound, wounds immedicable, wrench |
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