Look up: avulsion

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   Avulsion
   (1) Rapid EROSION of the shoreland by waves during a storm. (2) A sudden cutting off of land by flood, currents or change in course of a body of water.
   Found on http://www.csc.noaa.gov/text/glossary.ht
   
   
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   avulsion
   [n] - a forcible tearing or separation of one body part from another
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
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   Avulsion
   Pulling off
   Found on http://www.chriscolton.co.uk/glossary.ht
   
   
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   Avulsion
   The tearing away, forcibly, of a part or structure.
   Found on http://www.seahawks.com/medicalglossary.
   
   
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   Avulsion
   A tearing (such as of skin) away from underlying tissue.
   Found on http://www.gadsbywicks.co.uk/docs/GLOSSA
   
   
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   Avulsion
   Avulsion: Tearing away. A nerve can be avulsed by an injury, as can part of a bone. Common Misspellings: evulsion
   Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.
   
   
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   avulsion
   1)Tearing away, separation; Geology: the extensive and rapid erosion of a shoreline under the action of waves in a storm; The sudden isolation of an area of land by flood water, creating an island; 2)Medicine: the separation of a bone fragment, the tearing away of a ligament from its insertion Category: Management in the public and private sector • the forcible separation,or tearing aw...
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
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   Avulsion
   A·vul'sion noun [ Latin avulsio .] 1. A tearing asunder; a forcible separation. « The avulsion of two polished superficies. Locke. » 2. A fragment torn off. J. Barlow. 3. (Law) The sudden removal of lands or soil from the estate of one man to that of another by an inundation or a current, or by a sudden change in the course ...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/154
   
   
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   avulsion
   Tearing away. A nerve can be avulsed by an injury, as can part of a bone. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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    avulsion
    noun an abrupt change in the course of a stream that forms the boundary between two parcels of land resulting in the loss of part of the land of one landowner and a consequent increase in the land of another
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    avulsion
    noun a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another
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    Avulsion
    `Avulsion` in general refers to a tearing away. Specifically, it can refer to: * A form of amputation where the extremity is pulled off rather than cut off. * Avulsion fracture * In the law (also real estate, geology), `avulsion` refers to the sudden loss of land by the action of water.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avulsion
    
    
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    avulsion
    (ә-vul´shәn) the tearing away of a structure or part either accidentally or surgically.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns
    
    
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    Avulsion
    • (n.) A tearing asunder; a forcible separation. • (n.) A fragment torn off. • (n.) The sudden removal of lands or soil from the estate of one man to that of another by an inundation or a current, or by a sudden change in the course of a river by which a part of the estate of one man is cut off and joined to the estate of another. Th...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
    
    
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    avulsion
    A tearing away or forcible separation. Cf. evulsion [L. a-vello, pp. -vulsus, to tear away]
    Found on http://www.stedmans.com/section.cfm/45