erasion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of erasing; a rubbing out or obliteration; erasure.
  2. The surgical removal of tissue by scraping.

Word forms

erasion erasions

Etymology

From Latin ērādō (“to erase, to scrape”) + -siō, equivalent to erase + -ion.

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