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divulsion

[ dih-vuhl-shuhn, dahy- ]

noun

Surgery.
  1. a tearing apart; violent separation.


divulsion

/ 岹ɪˈʌʃə /

noun

  1. a tearing or pulling apart
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 徱ˈܱ, adjective
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Other Word Forms

  • 徱·ܱ· [dih-, vuhl, -siv], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of divulsion1

1595–1605; < Latin īܱō- (stem of īܱō ), equivalent to īܱ ( us ) ( divulse ) + -ō- -ion
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Word History and Origins

Origin of divulsion1

C17: from Latin īܱō, from īܱus torn apart, from ī to rend, from di- ² + vellere to pull
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Example Sentences

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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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