divulsion

[ dih-vuhl-shuhn, dahy- ]

noun

, Surgery.

1. a tearing apart; violent separation.

divulsion

/ daɪˈvʌlʃən /

noun

1. a tearing or pulling apart

Derived Forms

• diˈvulsive, adjective

Other Words From

• di·vul·sive [dih-, vuhl, -siv], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of divulsion¹

1595–1605; < Latin dīvulsiōn- (stem of dīvulsiō ), equivalent to dīvuls ( us ) ( divulse ) + -iōn- -ion

Word History and Origins

Origin of divulsion¹

C17: from Latin dīvulsiō, from dīvulsus torn apart, from dīvellere to rend, from di- ² + vellere to pull

Example Sentences

Aristotle in his Ethicks takes up the conceit of the Bever, and the divulsion of his Testicles.

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Divulsion, di-vul′shun, n. act of pulling or rending asunder or away.

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That sweet Federation was of last year; this sour Divulsion is the self-same substance, only older by the appointed days.

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