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Avulsion meaning

  1. The loss or separation of a body part, either by surgery or due to trauma.
  2. An abrupt change in the course of a river, typically from one channel to another.
  3. Movement of soil during a flood, or during a change in the course of a river, especially when a resulting change of land ownership is involved.

Synonyms of Avulsion

change alteration modification separation

Related words

Other words often associated with Avulsion or its synonyms:

occurrence happening occurrent adjustment translation consequence breakup space limiting distance exchange outcome

Using Avulsion

  • The main meaning on this page is: The loss or separation of a body part, either by surgery or due to trauma. | An abrupt change in the course of a river, typically from one channel to another. | Movement of soil during a flood, or during a change in the course of a river, especially when a resulting change of land ownership is involved.
  • Useful related words include: change, alteration, modification, separation.
  • In the example corpus, avulsion often appears in combinations such as: an avulsion, tendon avulsion, avulsion injuries.

Context around Avulsion

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

tendon 2× root 1× total 1×

Often after:

injuries 2× occurred 1× fracture 1× doi 1× injury 1× shifting 1×

Sentence patterns with Avulsion

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a tendon avulsion and in 1× an avulsion injury left 1× cases the avulsion occurred on 1× course an avulsion shifting east 1× fractures and avulsion injuries in 1× known as avulsion or delta 1× or total avulsion of a 1× presence of avulsion injuries being 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

allosaurus was one 1× an avulsion injury 1× microglia exit the 1× the abundance of 1× the flood of 1× the presence of 1×

Common sentence endings:

10 1371 journal 1× a new channel 1× along with lacerations 1× from struggling prey 1× labor or combat 1× on the forelimb 1×

Words around Avulsion

Just before it in the word index:

avula 3 avu 2 avtr 7 avtovaz 6 avtomobilist 2 avtar 5

Just after it in the word index:

avulsions 3 avuncular 7 avunduk 2 avus 2 avusd 2 avv 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 13 aamer 13 aave 13 abdelmadjid 13 abdulkarim 13 abdulsalami 13

Corpus analysis for Avulsion

  • In this selection, "avulsion" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, tendon, root, total, injuries, occurred and fracture stand out and add context to how "avulsion" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a tendon avulsion and in and an avulsion injury left. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "avulsion" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with avulsion

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Microglia exit the CNS in spinal root avulsion, DOI: 10.1371/journal. (12 words)

The researchers concluded that Sue's tendon avulsion was probably obtained from struggling prey. (14 words)

The victim sought medical attention where it was discovered she suffered an avulsion fracture to her ankle along with lacerations. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

The presence of avulsion injuries being limited to the forelimb and shoulder in both Tyrannosaurus and Allosaurus suggests that theropods may have had a musculature more complex than and functionally different from those of birds. (35 words)

The flood of 1787 caused the Teesta to undergo a sudden change course (an avulsion ), shifting east to join the Brahmaputra and causing the Brahmaputra to shift its course south, cutting a new channel. (34 words)

Through a natural process known as avulsion or delta switching, the lower Mississippi River has shifted its final course to the mouth of the Gulf of Mexico every thousand years or so. (32 words)

Example sentences (10)

Allosaurus was one of only two theropods examined in the study to exhibit a tendon avulsion, and in both cases the avulsion occurred on the forelimb.

The victim sought medical attention where it was discovered she suffered an avulsion fracture to her ankle along with lacerations.

Microglia exit the CNS in spinal root avulsion, DOI: 10.1371/journal.

An avulsion injury left a divot on the humerus of Sue the T. rex, apparently located at the origin of the deltoid or teres major muscles.

The abundance of stress fractures and avulsion injuries in Allosaurus provide evidence for "very active" predation-based rather than scavenging diets.

The flood of 1787 caused the Teesta to undergo a sudden change course (an avulsion ), shifting east to join the Brahmaputra and causing the Brahmaputra to shift its course south, cutting a new channel.

The presence of avulsion injuries being limited to the forelimb and shoulder in both Tyrannosaurus and Allosaurus suggests that theropods may have had a musculature more complex than and functionally different from those of birds.

The researchers concluded that Sue's tendon avulsion was probably obtained from struggling prey.

Through a natural process known as avulsion or delta switching, the lower Mississippi River has shifted its final course to the mouth of the Gulf of Mexico every thousand years or so.

Traumatic amputation Traumatic amputation is the partial or total avulsion of a part of a body during a serious accident, like traffic, labor, or combat.

Common combinations with avulsion

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "avulsion" in a sentence?
An example: "Allosaurus was one of only two theropods examined in the study to exhibit a tendon avulsion, and in both cases the avulsion occurred on the forelimb." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "avulsion" from authentic English texts.
What does "avulsion" mean?
Avulsion means: The loss or separation of a body part, either by surgery or due to trauma.
What are synonyms of "avulsion"?
Common synonyms of "avulsion" include: change, alteration, modification, separation.
How many example sentences with "avulsion" are there?
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