Michiganâs Five Most Common Ticks. Black-legged tick Ixodes scapularis Lone Star tick Amblyomma americanum Emerging as a serious public health concern in Michigan, the Black-legged tick is the vector of Lyme disease, granulocytic anaplasmosis, and babesiosis.
The term abjection literally means the state of being cast off.. While in common usage it has connotations of degradation, baseness and meanness of spirit, the term has been explored in post-structuralism as that which inherently disturbs conventional identity and cultural concepts.
(plural abrasions). 1  The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction. [ 2 First attested in the mid 17 th century.]. ( 3 geology) The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it. [ 4 First attested in the mid 19 th century.].