Definitions for "Avulsion"
Keywords:  forcible, torn, tear, sudden, violent
A tearing asunder; a forcible separation.
A fragment torn off.
The sudden removal of lands or soil from the estate of one man to that of another by an inundation or a current, or by a sudden change in the course of a river by which a part of the estate of one man is cut off and joined to the estate of another. The property in the part thus separated, or cut off, continues in the original owner.
Keywords:  backwearing
backwearing
a laceration in which a portion of soft tissue has been ripped off the underlying fascia or bone, or an organ ripped off its attachments
Keywords:  regrowth, nail, manner, grow, prevent
the removal of the nail. May be done in a manner to allow the nail to grow back, or in a manner to prevent the regrowth of the nail.
Keywords:  detachment, separation
separation or detachment
A term used to describe a tooth that has been entirely knocked out of the socket.
a full-thickness skin loss where approximation of the skin edges is impossible
Keywords:  spinal, column, nerve, repaired, pulled
when a nerve is pulled from the spinal column. It cannot be repaired directly.