avulse

verb To tear away—as in a tendon avulsing from its point of insertion or attachment to a bone.

a·vulse

(ă-vŭls')

To separate or tear away a body part as from an accident or surgery.

[L. a vello, pp. a vulsus, to tear away]

To pull or tear away forcibly. In some cases, a surgeon must remove a nail by avulsing it from its matrix.

Mentioned in: Nail Removal

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When a patient pushes and is complete for 2+ hours, perineums are overstretched, pudendal nerve fibers avulse, and we have what prompted this letter.

The flap must be handled with extreme care in order not to avulse the perforating vessels as they enter the flap.

Extreme care was taken to not avulse the normal-appearing mucosa at the frontal recess.