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avulsion

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a·vul·sion  (-vlshn)
n.
1. The forcible tearing away of a body part by trauma or surgery.
2. 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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Noun1.avulsion - 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
alteration, change, modification - an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago"
2.avulsion - a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another
separation - the act of dividing or disconnecting
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But unlike the first time she was away, when she missed the first 11 games because of an avulsion fracture in her pelvis, this brief hiatus was good news for Johnson.
GIRLS' SOCCER NOTEBOOK: JOHNSON HEADING TO CAMP by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
15) Lower-extremity trauma was defined as complex fractures (Gustilo grade IIIB and IIIC fractures, selected grade IIIA fractures), (16) dysvascular limbs, major soft tissue injuries to the tibia (degloving or severe crush or avulsion injury), or severe foot and ankle injury.
Gait symmetry and walking speed analysis following lower-extremity ... by Bosse, Michael J. / Physical Therapy
Partial middle turbinate avulsion is a rare complication of nasotracheal intubation.
Partial middle turbinectomy by nasotracheal intubation by Herman, Rory C.D. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
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