laceration

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An irregular open wound to soft tissue.

   “The doctor sewed up the laceration in his arm.”

2. isim The act of lacerating or tearing, either literally or figuratively.

   “Why the founders of St. Merryn's Hospital chose to erect their institution at a main-road crossing upon a valuable office site, and thus expose their patients' nerves to constant laceration, is a foible that I never properly understood.”