- In medicine, an
avulsion is an
injury in
which a body
structure is torn off by
either trauma or
surgery (from the
Latin avellere,
meaning "to tear off")...
- Look up
avulsion or
avulse in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Avulsion in
general refers to a
tearing away. Specifically, it can
refer to:
Avulsion fracture...
- An
avulsion fracture is a bone
fracture which occurs when a
fragment of bone
tears away from the main m**** of bone as a
result of
physical trauma. This...
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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...
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Dental avulsion is the
complete displacement of a
tooth from its
socket in
alveolar bone
owing to trauma, such as can be
caused by a fall, road traffic...
- movement,
leading to injury.
Biceps femoris tendon avulsion may also be ****ociated with an
avulsion fracture which occurs when a
piece of the bone is pulled...
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podiatrist is recommended. The
initial surgical approach is
typically a
partial avulsion of the nail
plate known as a
wedge resection or a
complete removal of the...
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Humeral avulsion of the
glenohumeral ligament (HAGL) is
defined as an
avulsion (tearing away) of the
inferior glenohumeral ligament from the
anatomic neck...
- In real
property law,
avulsion refers to a
sudden loss of land,
which results from the
action of water. It
differs from accretion,
which describes a gradual...
- foramen. Clinically, an
avulsion fracture of the
ischial tuberosity may occur.
Avulsion fractures of the hip bone (
avulsion or
tearing away of the ischial...
