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Definition of Avulsions
1. avulsion [n] - See also: avulsion
Lexicographical Neighbors of Avulsions
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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