answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

Break in the skin caused by surface trauma; Scratch

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar
More answers
User Avatar

AnswerBot

1mo ago

Excoriation refers to the act of harshly criticizing or censuring someone, often in a public manner. It can also refer to the process of abrading or wearing away the skin through friction or irritation.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

10y ago

The word "excoriate" means a couple of things. As a verb, the term means to criticize or censure, or to remove or damage a part of the skin. Some synonyms are raw, bark, flay.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

it means to verbally flog

This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What does excoriation mean?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What is excoriation in a dog mean?

The dog has been scratching and has scraped away some of the skin.


What is ecoriated?

You may mean "excoriated," meaning scratched. Skin can demonstrate excoriation, or lines of breakdown, when it is scratched hard.


What are skin lesions caused by scratching?

excoriation


What is the term excoriation is also known as?

pruritus


What is perineal excoriation?

Perineal excoriation is the irritation of the perineal area. This is a common problem for those that have had anal surgery and can be cleared up by keeping the area clean and dry.


What is the ICD-9 code for non traumatic vulva excoriation?

616.50


What does mrs green mean?

Mrs green in science means Movement Respiration Sensitivity Growth Reproduction Excoriation Evolution Nutrition these are all the things needed to be living


What is another word for ulcer?

crater like lesion of the skin or mucous membrane, erosion, excoriation?


What is the noun form of the verb excoriate?

The noun forms of the verb to excoriate are excoriator, excoriation, and the gerund, excoriating.


What kind of secondary skin lesion is an excoriation?

A hollow, crusted area caused by scratching or picking at a primary lesion.


What is the different between primary and secondary lesions?

primary lesion is a macule, papule, pustlie, vesicle secondary lesion is a ulcer, crust, scar, skin atrophy, excoriation


What rhymes with deviation?

mediation average/mean/standard/ deviation ammoniation asphyxiation aviation brachiation (continuous) creation (coefficient of) variation Creation differentiation elutriation excoriation excruciation expatriation expiation exuviation ideation inebriation intermediation mediation nauseation obviation permeation procreation (rest and) recreation (re-) creation repatriation repudiation (extracted from my Rhyme Guide)