divulsion

American  

[dih-vuhl-shuhn, dahy-] / dɪˈvʌl ʃən, daɪ- /

noun

Surgery.

1. a tearing apart; violent separation.

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divulsion British  

/ daɪˈvʌlʃən /

noun

1. a tearing or pulling apart

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Other Word Forms

• divulsive adjective

Etymology

Origin of divulsion

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

Example Sentences

There appears to have been a great mechanical power employed in the filling of these veins, as well as that necessarily required in making the first fracture and divulsion.

From Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) by Hutton, James

We perceive the first small cracks of incurable division in the royal household, traceable from Fritz's sixth or seventh year; a divulsion splitting ever wider, new offences super-adding themselves.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

Under certain circumstances, to be explained below, gentle divulsion of the proximal one of a series of strictures has to be done.

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

This procedure is best done with the author's esophagoscopic divulser, accurately placed by means of the esophagoscope; but divulsion requires the utmost care, and a gentle hand.

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

This last idea he derides as 'false below confute, arising perhaps from a small and stridulous noise which, being firmly rooted, it maketh upon divulsion of parts.'

From Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore by Taylor, Benjamin