/euh vuls"/ , v.t., avulsed, avulsing .
to pull off or tear away forcibly: to avulse a ligament.
[ 1755-65; avulsus, ptp. of avellere to pluck off, tear away, equiv. to a- A- 4 + vul-, ptp. s. of vellere to forcibly pull, pluck + -sus, var. of -tus ptp. suffix ]