Meanings
plural detrusions
- archaiccountableuncountableA downward out outward thrust.
detrusion of the anus
1872, Transactions of the Zoological Society of London2 more examples
the detrusion of the Church from her legitimate influence, which sufficiently accounts for that absence of feeling for the beautiful and holy, which has so obscured and vulgarized the mind of modern age
1842, Lichfield Society, The First Report of the Lichfield SocietyIn Fig. 236 c d must be to c b in the ratio that the force to resist detrusion bears in the direct cohesion of the material
1907, C. W. D. Boxall, Henry Adams, F. W. Loasby, Cassells' Carpentry and Joinery, Joints
Origin
- Latindetrusio
- Englishdetrusion
From Latin detrusio. See detrude.
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