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What happens when skin loses a friendly argument with a surface.
means A scrape or wearing-away of a surface, especially skin, caused by rubbing or friction.
from From Latin abradere, to scrape off — ab (away) plus radere (to scrape), the same root that gave us razors and erasers.
Geology tooRivers and glaciers abrade rock for millennia.
Road rashCyclists' nickname for a sliding asphalt abrasion.
Mostly nervesShallow abrasions hurt more than deep cuts.