avulsion
Tissue torn away
Avulsion is the sudden, forcible separation of something from a larger body.
In medicine, it describes tissue being torn away—an avulsion fracture pulls bone fragment from bone, an avulsion injury rips skin or muscle loose.
In law, avulsion refers to land suddenly removed by flood or shift in a river's course, distinguished from gradual erosion.
The word implies violence and abruptness rather than slow detachment.
Muscle-to-bone connector
- ligamentConnective tissue between bones
- fractureSplit in hard material
- tearTo pull apart
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
trauma · bone fragment · injury · wound · hemorrhage · laceration · nerve · muscle
Cutting out of tissue
- debridementRemoving damaged tissue surgically
- woundCoiled, or an injury
- skin graftTransplanted tissue covering wounds
- deglovingSkin forcibly detached
flap · necrosis · reconstruction · amputation · laceration · resection · dissection · hemorrhage
Land bordering a watercourse
- channelPassage for transmission
- meanderTo travel without direction
- oxbowTight river curve
- cutoffPoint of termination
sediment · alluvium · floodplain · riparian · erosion · deposition · watercourse · deltaic
Calcified jaw structure
- extractionAct of removing
- rootUnderground absorbing structure
- socketHollow receiving cavity
- forcepsMedical grasping instrument
trauma · reimplantation · alveolar · periodontal · luxation · crown · incisor · molar
tendon
Muscle-to-bone connector
detachment · trauma · bone fragment · injury · wound · hemorrhage · laceration · nerve · muscle · cartilage
excision
Cutting out of tissue
- debridementRemoving damaged tissue surgically
- woundCoiled, or an injury
- skin graftTransplanted tissue covering wounds
degloving · flap · necrosis · reconstruction · amputation · laceration · resection · dissection · hemorrhage · tourniquet
streambank
Land bordering a watercourse
cutoff · sediment · alluvium · floodplain · riparian · erosion · deposition · watercourse · deltaic · scouring
tooth
Calcified jaw structure
- extractionAct of removing
- rootUnderground absorbing structure
- socketHollow receiving cavity
forceps · trauma · reimplantation · alveolar · periodontal · luxation · crown · incisor · molar · premolar
property
Something owned or inherent
title · sudden · gradual · riverbed · ownership · alluvion · real estate · survey · dispute
- injuriesbruise, fracture, sprain, fractures, concussion
- tooth problemscavity, cavities, caries, tooth decay, crack
- dental emergenciestoothache, dental pain, broken tooth, chipped tooth, cracked tooth
- skin injuriescut, scrape, scratch, bruise, burn
- woundswound, wounded, bullet wound, wounds, ulcer
- river processeserosion, abrasion, attrition, corrosion, downcutting
avulsionattachment
Connection or fondness
connection · union · adhesion · joining · coupling
avulsionincision
Controlled cut into tissue
clean cut · excision · dissection · amputation · laceration