abrazja

== Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin abrāsiō. First attested in 1888. === 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) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “abrazja”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “abrazja”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 3