English noun: avulsion | |||
1. | avulsion (event) an abrupt change in the course of a stream that forms the boundary between two parcels of land resulting in the loss of part of the land of one landowner and a consequent increase in the land of another | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alteration, change, modification | ||
2. | avulsion (act) a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another | ||
Broader (hypernym) | separation | ||