Chafing: alternatives and connections

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Chafing

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Intertrigo 76% connected

A rubbing or chafing of the skin; especially, an abrasion or excoriation of the skin between folds, as in fat or neglected children.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rawness 76% connected

The quality or state of being raw.

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Soreness 76% connected

The quality or state of being sore; tenderness; painfull; as, the soreness of a wound; the soreness of an affliction.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tenderness 76% connected

The quality or state of being tender (in any sense of the adjective).

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