Abrasion may refer to:
- Abrasion (dental), the loss of tooth structure by mechanical forces from a foreign element
- Abrasion (medical), a wound consisting of superficial damage to the skin
- Abrasion (mechanical), the process of scuffing, scratching, wearing down, marring, or rubbing away
- Abrasion (geology), mechanical scraping of a surface by friction between moving particles
Look up abrasion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
See also
- Abrasion coast, a coastline that is characterised by the removal (abrasion) of material
- Abrasives
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