AVULSION
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)
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)
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)
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