avulsion
noun
- a separation by force
- Med. the tearing away of a structure or part by surgical traction or by accident
- a structure, part, etc. separated by force
- the sudden removal of a person's land by the action of water, as by flood or change in the course of a stream, without a resulting loss of ownership
See avulsion in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ə-vŭlˈshən)
noun- The forcible tearing away of a body part by trauma or surgery.
- 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.
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