avulsions
Violent tissue detachments
Avulsions are instances of tearing away.
In medicine, an avulsion is tissue forcibly separated from the body—skin ripped from underlying muscle, a tendon torn from bone: The accident caused multiple avulsions to her arm.
In law, avulsion refers to land suddenly removed by flooding or a river changing course, distinguished from gradual erosion.
The singular is avulsion.
Torn, ragged wound
- tearingForcibly separating material
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- woundCoiled, or an injury
- deglovingSkin forcibly detached
amputation · ligament · tendon · fracture · nerve · tissue · separation · injury
Act of removing
- toothCalcified jaw structure
- socketHollow receiving cavity
- rootUnderground absorbing structure
- displacementRemoval from usual location
reimplantation · luxation · splint · alveolar · periodontal · trauma · incisor · pulp
laceration
Torn, ragged wound
degloving · amputation · ligament · tendon · fracture · nerve · tissue · separation · injury · surgical
extraction
Act of removing
displacement · reimplantation · luxation · splint · alveolar · periodontal · trauma · incisor · pulp · crown
erosion
Gradual wearing away
- riverbankLand bordering a stream
- floodplainFlood-prone riverside lowland
- meanderTo travel without direction
channel · sediment · flooding · riparian · boundary · property · watercourse · cutbank · oxbow · alluvial
boundary
Line marking a limit
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- riparianRelating to riverbanks
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
accretion · title · ownership · surveying · easement · landmark · riverine · doctrine · jurisdiction · adjudication
avulsionsslow erosion
attrition · weathering · abrasion · creep · meandering
avulsionsattachments
Items joined to something
adhesions · integrations · healing · reattachments · grafting
avulsionsaccretions
Gradual external additions
alluvion · accretion · deposition · sedimentation · buildup