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A wound made by tearing tissue, typically with irregular edges.
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- deep laceration
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A laceration crossed his forearm.
The doctor examined the deep laceration.
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Primary category: horror. Forms: Singular laceration; plural lacerations. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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