Definition of Avulsions

1. Noun. (plural of avulsion) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Avulsions

1. avulsion [n] - See also: avulsion

Lexicographical Neighbors of Avulsions

avowing
avowries
avowry
avows
avowtries
avowtry
avoyer
avoyers
avulse
avulsed
avulsed wound
avulses
avulsing
avulsion
avulsion fracture
avulsions (current term)
avulsive
avulsive cutoff
avuncular
avuncularities
avuncularity
avuncularly
avunculate
avunculates
avunculicide
avunculicides
avunculocal
avyze
avyzed
avyzes

Literary usage of Avulsions

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. First Aid Book (1993)
"avulsions An avulsion is an injury that tears a whole piece of skin and tissue loose or leaves it hanging as a flap. This type of wound usually results when ..."

2. Engineering Geology Applied to the Design and Operation of Underground Coal by C. Richard Dunrud (2000)
"... isolated by changes in the courses of stream channels (avulsions), and where the swamps were free of overbank and crevasse splay deposits (Flores,, p. ..."

3. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1909)
"... burns and avulsions are very close together; dislocations, sprains, gunshot, and incised wounds were comparatively few; 3245 of the cases were treated ..."

4. Marine Fire Prevention, Firefighting and Fire Safety: A Comprehensive (1994)
"avulsions are wounds from which large flaps of skin and tissue are torn loose or pulled off. avulsions might involve the eyeballs, ears or fingers. ..."

5. Anomalies and curiosities of medicine: Being an Encyclopedic Collection of by George Milbry Gould, Walter Lytle Pyle (1900)
"... of meditation over the generative function, and the great majority of cases of this nature arc avulsions or amputations of some parts of the genitalia. ..."

6. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1922)
"... evident that practically the same types of injuries took place in precisely the same manner so far as avulsions and lacerations were concerned. Group 1. ..."

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