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abrasion

A Dictionary of Nursing | 2008 | © A Dictionary of Nursing 2008, originally published by Oxford University Press 2008. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

abrasion (ă-bray-zhŏn) n. a minor wound in which the surface of the skin or a mucous membrane is worn away by rubbing or scraping.

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