Definition of "laceration" []

• A jagged wound or cut. (noun)

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• "The sharp edges of the broken chest clip create a risk of a skin laceration and the fractured components of the chest clip may present a small parts/choking hazard."
• "Already without guard Bobby Jackson, who will miss three months because of wrist surgery, the Kings lost center Brad Miller to a shin laceration late in the first quarter and guard Doug Christie to an ejection in the third."
• "LORD: A laceration is a cut which, in fact, can be received as a result of falling on the cement floor from a high velocity at six feet."