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Avulsion(health)
avulsion(dictionary)
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nerve avulsion(medicine)
root avulsion(medicine)
tooth avulsion(medicine)

avulsion (iou)



avulsion noun. E17.
[French, or Latin avulsio(n-), formed as AVULSE: see -ION.]
The action of pulling off or tearing away; forcible separation. E17.
A part torn off; a detached portion. L17.
Law. The sudden removal of land by a change in the course of a river, flood-water, etc., to another person's estate (the land remaining the property of the original owner: cf. ALLUVION 4). M19.