WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
e•vul•sion
(i vul′shən),USA pronunciation n.
- Dentistrythe act of plucking or pulling out;
forcible extraction.
- Latin ēvulsiōn- (stem of ēvulsiō), equivalent. to ēvuls(us) plucked out (past participle of ēvellere, equivalent. to ē- e- + vellere to pluck) + -iōn- -ion
- 1605–15