divulse

American

[dahy-vuhls, dih-] / daɪˈvʌls, dɪ- /

verb (used with object)

Surgery.

divulsed, divulsing

to tear away or apart, as distinguished from cut or dissect.

Etymology

Origin of divulse

1595–1605; < Latin dīvulsus (past participle of dīvellere ), equivalent to dī- di- ² + vulsus plucked (past participle of vellere )

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Under these circumstances it is best to divulse the upper stricture mechanically, when a small tube can be inserted past the first stricture to the site of lodgement of the foreign body.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson

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