Avulsion (Noun)
Meaning 1
A forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The accident caused an avulsion of the victim's skin, leading to severe scarring.
- The surgeon carefully performed the avulsion of the tumor, minimizing damage to surrounding tissue.
- Avulsion fractures occurred in the athlete's knee due to the sudden and intense impact.
- The traumatic avulsion of the limb made it difficult for the medical team to save it.
- An avulsion of the nail plate occurred when the runner's foot was crushed during the accident.
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Meaning 2
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.
Examples
- The sudden avulsion during the flood changed the property lines between the two landowners, resulting in one losing valuable farmland and the other gaining it.
- After the avulsion, a lengthy court battle ensued as each side disputed the new boundaries and claimed the newly formed land.
- The avulsion was rapid and devastating, leaving a large chunk of land abruptly transferred from one owner's parcel to another.
- Through the avulsion, the once serene and calm stream transformed into an energetic and destabilizing force reshaping property boundaries overnight.
- The resulting avulsion was a consequence of unchecked erosion and shifting currents that periodically reformed the land and its ownership.