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Synonyms for excoriation


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ik-skawr-ee-ey-shuh n, -skohr-
Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˌskɔr iˈeɪ ʃən, -ˌskoʊr-

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Définition of excoriation

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Medieval Latin excoriationem (nominative excoriatio), from Late Latin excoriare (see excoriate).
  • As in execration : noun hating
Example sentences :
  • When eczema is once inaugurated, excoriation is to be expected.
  • Extract from : « Surgery, with Special Reference to Podiatry » by Maximilian Stern
  • His excoriation of Douglas was scornfully withering and scorching.
  • Extract from : « Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 5 (of 20) » by Charles Sumner
  • He also advises the employment of Castile soap, and of glycerine soap, should there be any excoriation of the skin.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • In two days more, the eschars were adherent, and there was no further appearance of excoriation.
  • Extract from : « An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers » by John Higginbottom
  • All the injuries of which we have spoken (excoriation, stripping off the bark, furrows), are not necessarily mortal.
  • Extract from : « Thunder and Lightning » by Camille Flammarion
  • The epidermis now becomes raised as in a blister, and finally becomes detached, forming an excoriation and exposing the papillae.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 5 » by Various
  • No matter how violent the criticism or how bitter the excoriation, he would at least be credited with honest intentions.
  • Extract from : « From the Housetops » by George Barr McCutcheon
  • A very superficial ulceration or excoriation of the intestinal or other mucous membrane.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • Infection may also occur from eczema or from excoriation of the overlying skin.
  • Extract from : « Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. » by Alexander Miles
  • A preacher wrote me the other day that he approved of every word of an "excoriation" that some religious editor had given me.
  • Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I » by Burton J. Hendrick

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