laceration

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"It looked like the laceration was just above his eye on his forehead," he said.

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  1. noun A jagged wound or cut.

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  • With Earthside Supes and denizens of Faerie hanging out here, it was sort of an unwritten rule: If you are sporting a nasty laceration or if you're a woman in the middle of a heavy flow day, don't come to the Wayfarer unless you want to risk setting somebody off. —  Yasmine Galenorn - [Sisters of the Moon 2] - Changeling
  • In other words, the self-laceration is part of his addiction. —  Parabasis
  • The Walland man was taken by Rural / Metro Ambulance Service to Blount Memorial Hospital where he was treated for the laceration, two black eyes, a large knot between his eyes and bruises about his face and head. —  Weekend Mixtape
  • "It looked like the laceration was just above his eye on his forehead," he said. —  Thestar.com - Home Page
  • Her friend drove her to the emergency room at a closer hospital where she received medical treatment consisting of 9 internal stitches and 26 stitches at the laceration, and a tetanus shot. —  Best Syndication -
 

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  1. = French lacération = Spanish laceracion = Portuguese laceração = Italian lacerazione, from Latin laceratio(n-), a tearing, mangling, from lacerare, tear, mangle; see lacerate.
 

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/læsəˈreɪʃən/
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