erasion

American  

[ih-rey-zhuhn, -shuhn] / ɪˈreɪ ʒən, -ʃən /

noun

1. the act of erasing.

2. Surgery.

   1. the scraping away of tissue, especially of bone.

   2. Also called arthrectomy.  excision of a joint.

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erasion British  

/ ɪˈreɪʒən /

noun

1. the act of erasing; erasure

2. the surgical scraping away of tissue, esp of bone

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Etymology

Origin of erasion

First recorded in 1780–90; erase + -ion

Example Sentences

Several entries had been already rubbed out, and it was clear that she had been occupied in the task of erasion on that very night.

From Lord Kilgobbin by Lever, Charles James

To my surprise, See Yup triumphantly produced HIS copy with the erasion itself carefully imitated, and, in fact, much more neatly done than mine.

From Stories in Light and Shadow by Harte, Bret

By the use of such caustics as caustic potash, chloride-of-zinc paste, pyrogallic acid, arsenic, and the galvano-cautery; and by operative measures, such as excision and erasion with the dermal curette, and by the x-ray.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

Of these various operative methods those now most favored are erasion and excision, punctate and linear scarification methods are now rarely employed.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

In such cases the erasion was so clumsily performed as often to leave distinct traces of the previous letters.

From De Amicitia, Scipio's Dream by Cicero, Marcus Tullius