avulsion

/əˈvʌlʃən/

Other forms: avulsions

Definitions of avulsion

1. noun

   a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another
   type of:

   separation

   the act of dividing or disconnecting
2. noun

   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
   type of:

   alteration, change, modification

   an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another