Avulsion vs Evulsion - What's the difference?
avulsion | evulsion |
The loss or separation of a body part, either by surgery or due to trauma
An abrupt change in the course of a river, typically from one channel to another
(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
The action of forcibly pulling something out.
*1646 , Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , III.4:
*:Herein, therefore, to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that, from a strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts [...].