avulse
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /əˈvʌls/
avulse (avulses, present participle avulsing; past and past participle avulsed)
- (medicine) To tear off forcibly.
- 1997, Manual of nail disease and surgery ISBN 0-86542-638-4, chapter 7, page 70:
- An alternative is to avulse the nail of the second or third toe […]
- 2004, Shoulder Surgery ISBN 0-7216-9598-1, chapter 10, page 122:
- […] the resulting tension in the restraining ligament would be 600 pounds, sufficient to avulse the ligament.
- 1997, Manual of nail disease and surgery ISBN 0-86542-638-4, chapter 7, page 70:
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