verb
- to tear away or separate forcibly
Usage: medical; formal
Examples
- The accident avulsed several teeth from his jaw.
- The surgeon had to avulse the damaged tissue.
- Strong winds can avulse tree branches from their trunks.
- The injury avulsed a piece of bone from the ankle.
- Medical professionals must carefully avulse foreign objects from wounds.
- The force of the impact avulsed the nerve from its attachment point.