"avulsion" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: avulsions [plural]
Etymology: From Latin avulsio from a- + vellō. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|avulsio}} Latin avulsio, {{prefix|la|a|vellō|nocat=1}} a- + vellō Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine, Pathology, Injuries Translations (trauma related body loss): отрыв (otryv) [masculine] (Russian), авульсия (avulʹsija) [feminine] (Russian), avulsión [feminine] (Spanish), extirpación [feminine] (Spanish), lösryckning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-avulsion-en-noun-Rvc-5VgO Disambiguation of Injuries: 88 6 6 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences Disambiguation of 'trauma related body loss': 87 4 9
  2. An abrupt change in the course of a river, typically from one channel to another. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-avulsion-en-noun-ZuAX-IiP
  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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Hydrology
    Sense id: en-avulsion-en-noun-oRN844-8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 13 59 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 17 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 21 13 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 11 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 12 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 12 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 19 14 67 Topics: geography, hydrology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: avulsive

Inflected forms

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