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e⋅vul⋅sion

  [i-vuhl-shuhn]
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–noun
the act of plucking or pulling out; forcible extraction.
Origin:
1605–15; < L ēvulsiōn- (s. of ēvulsiō), equiv. to ēvuls(us) plucked out (ptp. of ēvellere, equiv. to ē- e- + vellere to pluck) + -iōn- -ion
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e·vul·sion   (ĭ-vŭl'shən)   
n.  A forcible extraction.

[Latin ēvolsiō, ēvolsiōn-, from ēvulsus, past participle of ēvellere, to pull out : ē-, ex-, ex- + vellere, to pull.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: evul·sion
Pronunciation: i-'v&l-sh&n
Function: noun
: the act of extracting forcibly : EXTRACTION <evulsion of a tooth> —evulse /i-'v&ls/ transitive verb evulsed; evuls·ing
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evulsion e·vul·sion (ĭ-vŭl'shən)
n.
A forcible pulling out or extraction.

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