dermabrasion

noun

removal of scars or tattoos by anesthetizing the skin surface and then sanding or scraping off some of the outer skin layer

Roots

dermaderm- · Greek · skin a-a · Greek · connective raderebras- · Latin · scrape, shave io-ion · Latin · act or process of

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The word dermabrasion breaks down into 4 roots of Greek and Latin origin: derm, from Greek derma (“skin”); -a, from Greek a (“connective”); bras, from Latin radere (“scrape, shave”); and -ion, from Latin io (“act or process of”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.