avulse

Example Sentences

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“His left hand was completely avulsed with part of the bones attached to the body while the hand skin and muscle got detached,” Dr. Abhishek Ghosha, a micro-vascular surgeon who treated the boy, said.

From Fox News

The X-ray showed that a bit of bone had avulsed from his pelvis.

From The Guardian

His previous revised UCL did not need repairing and the avulsed medial epicondyle fracture was cleaned up and repaired.

From Washington Times

The tibio-fibular interosseous ligament may rupture, or the outer portion of the tibia, to which it is attached, may be avulsed.

From Project Gutenberg

A whole limb even may be avulsed from the body with comparatively little loss of blood.

From Project Gutenberg