evulsion

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noun

The action of forcibly pulling something out.

OriginLatin ēvulsiōnem →
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Meanings

nounevulsion (countable and uncountable, plural evulsions)

plural evulsions

  1. archaiccountableuncountableThe action of forcibly pulling something out.

    Herein, therefore, to speak compendiously, we first presume to affirm that, from a strict enquiry, we cannot maintain the evulsion or biting off any parts [...].

    1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.4

Origin

  1. Latinēvulsiōnem
  2. Englishevulsion

Borrowed from Latin ēvulsiōnem, from ēvellere.

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