Origin: Latin suffix -sion
Avulsion has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
an abrupt change in the course of a stream that forms the boundary between two parcels of land resulting in the loss of part of the land of one landowner and a consequent increase in the land of another
a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another
The loss or separation of a body part, either by surgery or due to trauma