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abrasion (n.)
1650s, from Medieval Latin
abrasionem
(nominative
abrasio
) "a scraping," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin
abradere
"to scrape away, shave off," from
ab-
"off" (see
ab-
) +
radere
"to scrape" (see
raze
).
