divulsion
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Etymology
Origin of divulsion
1595–1605; < Latin dīvulsiōn- (stem of dīvulsiō ), equivalent to dīvuls ( us ) ( see divulse) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
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 James Hutton
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 Chevalier Jackson
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