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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 offab (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.
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