avulsion

A noun referring to the sudden change in a stream's course that alters land boundaries, or the forcible tearing away of a body part.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das die plötzliche Verlagerung eines Flussbetts bezeichnet, wodurch sich Grundstücksgrenzen ändern, oder das gewaltsame Abreißen eines Körperteils.

1. Legal land change C2 formal legal

   A sudden and violent change in the course of a river or stream that forms a property boundary, resulting in one landowner losing land and another gaining it.

   • The avulsion of the river caused a dispute between the two farmers.
   • Under property law, avulsion does not change the original boundary line.
   • The court ruled that the land loss was due to avulsion, not erosion.

   🇩🇪Veränderung des Flusslaufs

2. Surgical separation C2 formal medical

   The forcible tearing away or surgical removal of a body part, such as a tooth, nerve, or limb.

   • The dentist performed an avulsion of the impacted wisdom tooth.
   • Traumatic avulsion of the fingernail required immediate medical attention.
   • The surgeon carefully completed the avulsion of the damaged nerve.

   🇩🇪Chirurgische Abtrennung

   Synonyme: amputationexcisionextractionresection

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