Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An irregular open wound to soft tissue.

    The doctor sewed up the laceration in his arm.

    Platzwunde

    разры́вrazrýv, рва́ная ра́наrvánaja rána

    розі́рванняrozírvannja, рва́на ра́наrvána rána

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act of lacerating or tearing, either literally or figuratively.

    the act of lacerating

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Sami has a large laceration in his ribs.

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

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
an irregular open wound to soft tissue:
Русский
By meaning 1
an irregular open wound to soft tissue:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
an irregular open wound to soft tissue:

Origin

From Latin lacerātiō, first attested in 1598. By surface analysis, lacerate + -tion. Compa

From Latin lacerātiō, first attested in 1598. By surface analysis, lacerate + -tion. Compare lacerate.

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Forms

plural: lacerations
Singularlaceration
Plurallacerations

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedlacerate

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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