Tires have a limited lifespan due to abrasion. From LearnThat.org.
And even though "abrasion" is still a component in modern toothpastes, it's much less prevalent than it used to be. From Wordnik.com. [Thomas P. Connelly, D.D.S.: The History of Toothpaste: From 5000 BC to the Present] Reference
As you'll see in a moment, the very essence of early tooth care was "abrasion," and it stayed this way for a very long time. From Wordnik.com. [Thomas P. Connelly, D.D.S.: The History of Toothpaste: From 5000 BC to the Present] Reference
He was right; there was a minute abrasion visible. From Wordnik.com. [The Darrow Enigma] Reference
It doesn't have to be a big abrasion or cut on your skin. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 25, 2001] Reference
Neither was good at resisting cuts, abrasion, or impacts. From Wordnik.com. [Q&A: Choosing counters for a farmhouse kitchen] Reference
The abrasion of the skin in the canal thus produced affords. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
It could be a scratch from any sort of abrasion from the storm. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 21, 2005] Reference
And it's fair to say that that's an abrasion or a cut, scratch?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 9, 2002] Reference
And he looked like he had quite a deep abrasion to his forehead. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 23, 2008] Reference
Costin suffered minor injuries of a bruise here, an abrasion here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 14, 2002] Reference
No pitting or abrasion, such as produced by sand blasting, occurs. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952] Reference
Cold and hot galvanized plates appear to stand abrasion equally well. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition For Ironware, Tinware, Wood, Etc. With Sections on Tinplating and Galvanizing] Reference
Superficial-contused wounds may be an abrasion to the skin or mucous surface. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
By this method abrasion of the surface seldom results and air-bells are unknown. From Wordnik.com. [Bromide Printing and Enlarging A Practical Guide to the Making of Bromide Prints by Contact and Bromide Enlarging by Daylight and Artificial Light, With the Toning of Bromide Prints and Enlargements] Reference
He could detect no sign of any cut or abrasion, the skin seemed whole everywhere. From Wordnik.com. [Uncanny Tales] Reference
When dry, the parchment becomes as hard almost as iron and resists falls or abrasion. From Wordnik.com. [A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries] Reference
This removal is effected at those points at which the abrasion requires to be reduced. From Wordnik.com. [On Laboratory Arts] Reference
That helps to prevent burn or abrasion injuries that can occur if you do, in fact, fall. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 27, 2009] Reference
To become infected it is not necessary that there be an abrasion of the mucous membrane. From Wordnik.com. [The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction Also Sexual Hygiene with Special Reference to the Male] Reference
Israel, and huge boots, perhaps stuffed with paper to prevent hapless abrasion of shins. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy.] Reference
Shelves of oxidized metal will be found smooth enough to prevent any abrasion of bindings. From Wordnik.com. [A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries] Reference
The others are suffering from what Trimarco's complaint calls "a disease known as 'toothbrush abrasion'.". From Wordnik.com. [The Perils Of Brushing] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I thought there was some abrasion here, but it looks like it's just this skin blistering. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 15, 2005] Reference
The autopsy report indicated that there was an abrasion of the vaginal vault, as well as some blood build-up. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 21, 2006] Reference
I shall analyse the poison of the wound and microscopically examine the nature of the abrasion this afternoon. From Wordnik.com. [The Darrow Enigma] Reference
And "there are studies that show that people who do not brush their teeth, never develop" symptoms of toothbrush abrasion. From Wordnik.com. [The Perils Of Brushing] Reference
He did get an abrasion on his left cheek and his lower lip, so it does seem like he actually completely lost consciousness. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 14, 2002] Reference
The connected pebbles must have been broken from rocks of great hardness to have withstood the effects of constant abrasion. From Wordnik.com. [Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood] Reference
Obviously he's not coming out there to talk, "said Volstad, who had an abrasion on his right cheek as a result of the melee.". From Wordnik.com. [Nationals-Marlins FIGHT VIDEO: Nyjer Morgan Charges Mound, Brawl Ensues] Reference
= -- Erysipelas is a disease caused by germs which gain entrance through some wound or abrasion in the skin or mucous membranes. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI)] Reference
There he stood, glowering, dusty, blood on his face from an abrasion he had got in the rough handling at the end of Morgan's rope. From Wordnik.com. [Trail's End] Reference
If there is any abrasion of the skin the dust produces a sore, and also the delicate lining of the nostrils is apt to be affected. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884] Reference
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