laceration

[ las-uh-rey-shuh n ]

/ ˌlæs əˈreɪ ʃən /

the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.

the act of lacerating.

Origin of laceration

First recorded in 1590–1600, laceration is from the Latin word lacerātiōn- (stem of lacerātiō). See lacerate, -ion

self-lac·er·a·tion, noun

Doctors at St. Luke-Roosevelt hospital confirmed that Williams had suffered only a laceration on his head and a few bruises.

Strangers Rally to Help Blind Man Keep His Guide Dog |Michael Daly |December 19, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Somehow he got up with the only injury a laceration in his chin.

Bissinger: Praying That Derek Jeter, Baseball’s Classiest Act, Returns to the Game |Buzz Bissinger |October 16, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Strains or wrenches of joints, ligaments, and tendons cause trouble by laceration of the tissue.

Special Report on Diseases of the Horse |United States Department of Agriculture
His brain was numbed and he was blinded by the blood from the laceration over his eyes.

Spring Street |James H. Richardson

If they will part it must be with bitterness and laceration.

We Can't Have Everything |Rupert Hughes
Mr. Colman made no answer; the dusky, sweet-smelling waves of the silence closed over its laceration.

Home Again |George MacDonald
His face was colorless except for the broad smear of blood, which was oozing fast from a laceration 193 in his scalp.

Masters of the Wheat-Lands |Harold Bindloss

laceration

[ lăs′ə-rā′shən ]

A jagged wound or cut.

The process or act of tearing tissue.