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

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Etymology

Origin of divulsion

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

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Example Sentences

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divulsion

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 Sir John Alexander Hammerton

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 Benjamin Taylor

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 Chevalier Jackson

And so the silent divulsion, silent on Fritz's part, exploding loud enough now and then on his Father's part, goes steadily on, splitting ever wider; new offences ever superadding themselves.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 04 by Thomas Carlyle

Rapid divulsion and internal esophagotomy are mechanically very easily and accurately done through the esophagoscope, and would yield a few prompt cures; but the mortality would be very high.

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

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