evulsion
T-v\lcsh\n A forcible pulling out or extraction. Cf. avulsion.
Origin
[L. evulsio, fr. e-vello, pp. -vulsus, to pluck out]
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avulsion
^-v\lcsh\n
A tearing away or forcible separation. Cf. evulsion.
Origin
[L. a-vello, pp. -vulsus, to tear away]
nerve avulsion
root avulsion
tooth avulsion
Stedman's EMD
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avulsion (e-vùl´shen) noun
1. Medicine. The forcible tearing away of a body part by trauma or surgery.
2. The sudden movement of soil from one property to another as a result of a flood or a shift in the course of a boundary stream.
evulsion (î-vùl´shen) noun
A forcible extraction.
[Latin êvolsio, êvolsion-, from êvulsus, past participle of êvellere, to pull out : ê-, ex-, ex- + vellere, to pull.]
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition
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Main Entry: evul·sion
Pronunciation: i-'v&l-sh&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin evulsion-, evulsio, from evellere to pluck out, from e- + vellere to pluck -- more at VULNERABLE
Date: circa 1611
: EXTRACTION
Main Entry: avul·sion
Pronunciation: &-'v&l-sh&n
Function: noun
Date: 1622
: a forcible separation or detachment: as a : a tearing away of a body part accidentally or surgically b : a sudden cutting off of land by flood, currents, or change in course of a body of water; especially : one separating land from one person's property and joining it to another's
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