avulsion

See also: avulsión

English

Etymology

From Latin avulsio from a- +‎ vellō.

Noun

avulsion (countable and uncountable, plural avulsions)

1. (medicine, pathology) The loss or separation of a body part, either by surgery or due to trauma.
2. An abrupt change in the course of a river, typically from one channel to another.
3. (hydrology) Movement of soil during a flood, or during a change in the course of a river, especially when a resulting change of land ownership is involved.

Related terms

• avulsive

Translations

trauma related body loss

• Russian: отрыв (ru) m (otryv), авульсия (ru) f (avulʹsija)
• Spanish: avulsión f, extirpación (es) f
• Swedish: lösryckning c

abrupt alteration of a watercourse

siltification resulting from flood

Anagrams

• Luvianos

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

avulsion f (plural avulsions)

1. avulsion

Further reading

• “avulsion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.