Word.ws English Dictionary

dermabrasion

UK/ˈdɜːməˌbɹeɪʃən/

dermabrasion noun: a cosmetic medical procedure in which the surface of the epidermis of the skin is removed by abrasion, typically to remove scarring or sun-damaged skin.

Noun

dermabrasion (countable and uncountable, plural dermabrasions)

  1. A cosmetic medical procedure in which the surface of the epidermis of the skin is removed by abrasion, typically to remove scarring or sun-damaged skin.

Forms of dermabrasion

pluraldermabrasions
alternative formdermoabrasion

Origin of dermabrasion

From derm- + abrasion.

Words formed from dermabrasion

Questions about dermabrasion

What does dermabrasion mean?
Dermabrasion means a cosmetic medical procedure in which the surface of the epidermis of the skin is removed by abrasion, typically to remove scarring or sun-damaged skin.
What part of speech is dermabrasion?
Dermabrasion is a noun.
How do you pronounce dermabrasion?
Dermabrasion is pronounced /ˈdɜːməˌbɹeɪʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of dermabrasion?
The plural of dermabrasion is dermabrasions.

Words near dermabrasion in the dictionary

  1. dermabraders
  2. dermabrase
  3. dermabrased
  4. dermabrases
  5. dermabrasing
  6. dermabrasion
  7. dermabrasions
  8. dermabrasive
  9. dermacalyptrogen
  10. dermad
  11. dermadrome

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: dermabrasion (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “dermabrasion.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/dermabrasion. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.