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detersion

detersion noun: the act of deterging or cleansing.

Noun

detersion (usually uncountable, plural detersions)

  1. (usually) The act of deterging or cleansing.
    • detersion of a wound
    • detersion of an ulcer

detersion meaning in Urdu

detersion in Urdu

عمل صفائی

Forms of detersion

pluraldetersions

Origin of detersion

Compare French détersion. See deterge.

Questions about detersion

What does detersion mean?
Detersion means the act of deterging or cleansing.
What is detersion in Urdu?
Detersion in Urdu is عمل صفائی. See Detersion meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is detersion?
Detersion is a noun.
What is the plural of detersion?
The plural of detersion is detersions.

Words near detersion in the dictionary

  1. deterritorialized
  2. deterritorializes
  3. deterritorializing
  4. deters
  5. Deterses
  6. detersion
  7. detersions
  8. detersive
  9. detersively
  10. detersiveness
  11. detersives

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Adapted from Wiktionary: detersion (page history and authors); detersion (Urdu Wiktionary) (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.

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