evulsion

The action of forcibly pulling something out.

Noun

  1. The 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

Borrowed from Latin ēvulsiōnem, from ēvellere.

Forms

evulsions