Associations to the word «Avulsion»

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

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.