laceration

See also: lacération

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læsəˈɹeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

laceration (countable and uncountable, plural lacerations)

1. An irregular open wound caused by a blunt impact to soft tissue.

   The doctor sewed up the laceration in his arm.

   • 2023 October 18, “Network News: Carmont: NR pays nearly £1m in out-of-court settlements”, in RAIL, number 994, page 15:

     Survivors of the crash suffered injuries ranging from broken bones to lacerations, permanent disfigurements, and psychiatric trauma.

2. The act of lacerating or tearing.

Related terms

• lacerate

Translations

an irregular open wound caused by a blunt impact to soft tissue

Bulgarian: разкъсна рана f (razkǎsna rana) Catalan: laceració (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 劃破／划破 (zh) (huápò) Czech: lacerace (cs) f Finnish: repeämä (fi), repeämähaava French: lacération (fr) f Galician: laceración (gl) f German: Platzwunde (de) f Hindi: विदार (hi) (vidār), विदीर्णन (vidīrṇan), विदारण (hi) (vidāraṇ) Italian: lacerazione (it) Polish: rana szarpana f Portuguese: laceração f Russian: разры́в (ru) m (razrýv), рва́ная ра́на f (rvánaja rána) Serbo-Croatian: razderotina f Spanish: laceración f Swedish: krossår n Ukrainian: розі́рвання n (rozírvannja), рва́на ра́на f (rvána rána)

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