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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Abrasion \Ab*ra"sion\, noun [L. abrasio, fr. abradere. See {Abrade}.]
1. The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.
2. The substance rubbed off. --Berkeley.
3. (Med.) A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds. --Dunglison.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
abrasion
noun
1: an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off [syn: {scratch}, {scrape}, {excoriation}]
2: erosion by friction [syn: {attrition}, {corrasion}, {detrition}]
3: the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice [syn: {grinding}, {attrition}, {detrition}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
102 Moby Thesaurus words for "abrasion": ablation, abrasive, abstraction, atomization, attrition, beating, blemish, break, brecciation, buffing, burn, burnishing, chafe, chafing, check, chip, comminution, concussion, crack, crackle, craze, crumbling, crushing, cut, deduction, detrition, disintegration, dressing, erasure, erosion, filing, flash burn, fracture, fragmentation, fray, frazzle, fretting, gall, galling, gash, granulation, granulization, grating, grazing, grinding, hurt, incision, injury, laceration, lesion, levigation, limation, mashing, mortal wound, mutilation, polishing, pounding, powdering, puncture, purification, rasping, refinement, removal, rent, rip, rubbing away, run, rupture, sandblasting, sanding, scald, scorch, scouring, scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching, scrub, scrubbing, scuff, second-degree burn, shining, shredding, slash, smashing, smoothing, sore, stab, stab wound, subduction, sublation, subtraction, taking away, tear, third-degree burn, trauma, trituration, wear, wearing away, wound, wounds immedicable, wrench
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