Avulsion

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Avulsion in general refers to a tearing away. Specifically, it can refer to:

Medicine

• A type of amputation where the extremity is pulled off rather than cut off
• Avulsion fracture
• Avulsion injury, in which a body structure is detached from its normal point of insertion, either torn away by trauma or cut by surgery

Real estate and geology

• Avulsion (legal term), the sudden loss of land by the action of water
• Avulsion (river), abandonment of an old river channel and the creation of a new one

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