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What does avulsion mean?

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Noun
  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. (hydrology) 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
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Abandonment of a former course through avulsion and meander-loop cut-off produces many lakes.
The examiner must check for associated injuries, including proximal humeral fractures, avulsion of the rotator cuff, and injuries to the adjacent neurovascular structures.
It is possible that avulsion fractures in which the ACL is avulsed from its femoral insertion occur mainly before skeletal maturity.
With the creek barrier now open and a solid berm built across the avulsion channel, the heavy rains return.
The growth should not be cut through, as it is wiser to pluck it from its attachment by a quick movement of avulsion.
The athlete commonly presents to the physician with a chronic untreated profundus avulsion.

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