Evulsion

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The action of forcibly pulling something out. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "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 [...]."

Example

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"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 [...]."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēvulsiōnem, from ēvellere.

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