What does excoriation mean?
Excoriation means The act of excoriating or flaying..
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/ˈɛks.kɔ.ɹi.eɪʃən/ · noun
The act of excoriating or flaying..
A Perſon of Honour, of a full Body abounding with ſharp Humours, was ſeized with an Herpes on his right Leg. […] [I]t inflamed and ſwelled very much, many Wheals aroſe, and fretted one into another, with great Excoriation.
Use excoriation when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Excoriation means The act of excoriating or flaying..
Common synonyms include scrape, abrasion, scratch.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
A Perſon of Honour, of a full Body abounding with ſharp Humours, was ſeized with an Herpes on his right Leg. […] [I]t inflamed and ſwelled very much, many Wheals aroſe, and fretted one into another, with great Excoriation.
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