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

plural of avulsion

Of or pertaining to an avulsion

(medicine) To tear off forcibly.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avulse

present participle of avulse

simple past tense and past participle of avulse

(of a piece of flesh or body part) Having been torn off, as in an avulsion. / (of a wound) Having been caused by a piece of flesh or body part being torn off, as in an avulsion.

Either end of an avulsion

plural of avulsive cutoff