AVULSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does avulsion mean? 

• AVULSION (noun)
  The noun AVULSION has 2 senses:

1. 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

2. a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another

  Familiarity information: AVULSION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AVULSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("avulsion" is a kind of...):

alteration; change; modification (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("avulsion" is a kind of...):

separation (the act of dividing or disconnecting)

Derivation:

avulse (separate by avulsion)