divulsion

[dih-vuhl-shuhn, dahy-]

noun

Surgery.

1. a tearing apart; violent separation.

divulsion

/ daɪˈvʌlʃən /

noun

1. a tearing or pulling apart

Other Word Forms

• divulsive 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

Trump’s announcement itself was disturbing – even setting aside the completely inappropriate description of the death, the unnecessary divulsion of details about the raid and Trump’s self-congratulatory comments making the event about himself.

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

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It is only by reading such words as these that we can begin to divine what the divulsion of England and America has really meant to the vast host of human beings throughout the world who speak the English tongue.

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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.'

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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.

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