Laceration

//læsəˈɹeɪʃən// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An irregular open wound to soft tissue. countable, uncountable

    "The doctor sewed up the laceration in his arm."

  2. 2
    the act of lacerating wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of lacerating or tearing, either literally or figuratively. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  4. 4
    a torn ragged wound wordnet

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abrasionabscissionamputationblemishbreakburn

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"Sami has got a deep laceration by his ribs."

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