abrasion

En français : abrasion

1. The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction. (countable, uncountable) · The metal surface showed signs of abrasion after years of use.
2. An act of abrasiveness. (countable, uncountable)
3. The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it. (countable, uncountable)
4. An abraded, scraped, or worn area. (countable, uncountable)
5. A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away. (countable, uncountable) · The doctor cleaned the small skin abrasion on her knee.
6. The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing. (countable, uncountable)

Pluriel abrasions