avulsion
/əˈvʌlʃən/
noun
- The forcible tearing away or separation of a body part or structure.
- The accident caused an avulsion of the fingernail.
- Nerve avulsion can lead to permanent loss of function.
- Doctors treated the avulsion of the skin flap with stitches.
- In law, the sudden removal of land by natural forces such as flood or change in a river's course.
- After the flood, the property line changed due to avulsion.
- Legal disputes over avulsion can be complicated.
- The farmer lost a strip of land to avulsion when the river shifted.
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