Associations to the word «Avulsion»

Wiktionary

AVULSION, noun. The loss or separation of a body part, either by surgery or due to trauma
AVULSION, noun. An abrupt change in the course of a river, typically from one channel to another
AVULSION, noun. (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

Dictionary definition

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.
AVULSION, noun. A forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King