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laceration|læsəˈreɪʃən|
[ad. L. laceratiōn-em, n. of action f. lacerāre to lacerate. Cf. F. lacération.]
The action or process of lacerating; an instance of this.
1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 5/2 Throughe laceratione of some vayne or arterye. 1615Crooke Body of Man 344 The orifice..doth..inlarge it selfe without feare of laceration or tearing. a1631Donne in Select. (1840) 38 Forbearing all lacerations..and woundings of one another. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. v. 88 The nitrous..exhalations..force out their way, not only with the breaking of the cloud, but the laceration of the ayre about it. 1731Arbuthnot Aliments (1735) 167 The Effects are, Extension of the great Vessels, Compression of the lesser, and Lacerations upon small Causes. 1783P. Pott Chirurg. Wks. II. 26 The difference between dilatation and laceration of the peritoneum. 1846Landor Imag. Convers. Wks. II. 236/1 The scars and lacerations on your arms. 1862H. Spencer First Princ. i. v. §32 (1875) 115 No mental revolution can be accomplished without more or less of laceration. |