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evulsion|ɪˈvʌlʃən| [ad. L. ēvulsiōn-em, n. of action f. ēvellĕre, f. ē- out + vellĕre to pluck. Cf. Fr. évulsion.] The action of pulling or plucking out by force; forcible extraction.
c1611Chapman Iliad xxi. 171 Thrice he pluck'd [to get his lance out], and thrice sure Pelias barr'd His wish'd evulsion. 1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 340 The gall with rosin of Cedar hindereth the growing of hairs on the eyeliddes, after evulsion. 1721–1800in Bailey. 1865Wood Homes without H. 27 Its [the fur of the animal] evulsion produces no such disastrous effects. 1879J. Timbs in Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 107/1 Mr. L...removed by evulsion both sides of the great toe-nail. 1884in Syd. Soc. Lex. |