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Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin abrāsiō.[1][2] First attested in 1888.[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈbra.zja/
- Rhymes: -azja
- Syllabification: a‧bra‧zja
Noun
abrazja f
- (geology) abrasion (the effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it)
- (medicine) curettage (the removal of unwanted tissue from a body cavity using a curette)
- (cosmetics) exfoliation (the removal of a layer of dead skin, as in cosmetic preparation)
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References
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “abrazja”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “abrazja”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- ^ Wisła : miesięcznik geograficzno-etnograficzny, number T.2 z. 3, 1888, page 507
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