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avulsion::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | separation |
| Derivation | avulse |
avulsion::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | alteration, change, modification |
Examples of avulsion
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This type of sprain may cause an avulsion fractures of the adjacebt bones.
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A satellite image of the Kosi fan avulsion in India during the 2008 flood.
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An avulsion fracture occurs when a fragment of bone is torn away by a tendon or ligament.
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Favre has both a stress fracture and an avulsion fracture in the foot.
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The researchers concluded that Sue's tendon avulsion was probably obtained from struggling prey.
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In the case of an avulsion fracture, the bone fragment connected to the ACL is reattached to the bone.
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An MRI on Favre's hobbled ankle revealed the stress fracture and an avulsion fracture in the heel bone.
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Bryant has an avulsion fracture, in which a small piece of bone tears away near a ligament or tendon.
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The avulsion fracture in the heel bone is where a fragment has been torn away by a tendon or ligament.
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- 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
- A forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another
- In real property law, avulsion refers to a sudden loss or addition to land, which results from the action of water. It differs from accretion, which describes a gradual loss or addition to land resulting from the action of water.
- In sedimentary geology and fluvial geomorphology, avulsion is the rapid abandonment of a river channel and the formation of a new river channel. Avulsions occur as a result of channel slopes that are much lower than the slope that the river could travel if it took a new course.
- (avulsive) Of or pertaining to an avulsion
- Sudden tearing away of land by violent action of a river or other watercourse.
- When a muscle is forcefully stretched beyond its freely-available range of motion, or when it meets a sudden unexpected resistance while contracting forcefully.
- The sudden tearing away of land, as by earthquake, flood, volcanic action or the sudden change in the course of a stream.
- Land accretion that occurs by the erosion or addition of one's land by the sudden and unexpected change in a river stream such as a flash flood.
