laceration
pronunciation
How to pronounce laceration in British English:
UK [ˌlæsə'reɪʃn]
How to pronounce laceration in American English:
US [ˌlæsəˈreʃən]
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- Noun:
- a torn ragged wound
- the act of lacerating
Word Origin
- laceration (n.)
- 1590s, from Middle French lacération, from Latin lacerationem (nominative laceratio), noun of action from past participle stem of lacerare (see lacerate).
Example
- 1. He has a laceration on his right arm .
- 2. Diagnosis and treatment of closed simple mesentery laceration .
- 3. Ct diagnosis of traumatic thoracic aortic laceration : case report .
- 4. The distance between earth and heaven seemed to be concentrated as in a little room , admittedly giving human life many surprise . But if you measure it in the balance of emotion , it would be found that in the missing field of the human mind , a laceration may be formed .
- 5. He has a laceration on his right forearm .