Destruction by abrasive action of fluids.
A shallow ulceration or lesion, usually involving skin or epithelial tissue.
One of two fundamental operations in morphological image processing from which all other morphological operations are derived.
The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face.
The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion contraction, or impact.
Loss of tooth enamel due to non-bacteriogenic chemical processes.
The gradual loss of something as a result of an ongoing process.
In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊖); see Erosion (morphology).
The destruction or ruin of an object.
The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.
The death of a person or animal.
Defeat; an instance of being defeated.
Something that has been destroyed or ruined.
The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died.
The sum an entity loses on balance.
Electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work.