what is an avulsion?
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Avulsion (river) In sedimentary geology and fluvial geomorphology, avulsion is the rapid abandonment of a river channel and the formation of a new river channel.
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avulsion avulsion. n. 1. (Surgery) a forcible tearing away or separation of a bodily structure or part, either as the result of injury or as an intentional surgical procedure.
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Avulsion injury The most common avulsion injury, skin avulsions usually occur during motor vehicle collisions. The severity of avulsion ranges from skin flaps (minor) to degloving (moderate) and amputation of a finger or limb (severe).
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- Articular is cartilage at the end of the long bones where bones articulate, or meet. avulsion fracture. A separation of a small bone fragment from the bone where a tendon or ligament is attached. Avulsion is skin that is pulled or torn away. closed/simple fracture.
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- Asphalt emulsions, used in road construction and maintenance, may be defined as an homogeneous mixture of minute asphalt droplets suspended in a continuous water phase. These types of emulsions are usually termed oil-in-water (o/w) emulsions. Their preparation involves the use of a high speed, high shear mechanical device, such as a colloid mill.
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How Does Emulsion Work? To put it simply, emulsion is a substance that’s used in screen printing to get a logo on promotional products. The actual process is known as photographic emulsion, and it’s been around for a long time. In fact, it was used back in the day to develop photographs.
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Emulsion Note 4: An emulsion is termed an oil/water (o/w) emulsion if the. dispersed phase is an organic material and the continuous phase is. water or an aqueous solution and is termed water/oil (w/o) if the dispersed. phase is water or an aqueous solution and the continuous phase is an. organic liquid (an oil).
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Brachial Plexus Avulsion: The roots of the nerves are torn away from the spinal cord and have no chance to recover. Multiple root avulsions is the most common diagnosis in high-energy traumatic brachial plexus injuries, the type that occurs in a motorcycle or off-road vehicle accident.
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Accretion, Erosion and Avulsion These terms are referred to in the legal community as accretion, erosion and avulsion. “Accretion” is the term which applies to the gradual increase or acquisition of land by the action of natural forces washing up sand, soil or silt from the water course or seashore. The opposite of accretion, “erosion” is the gradual washing away of land along the shoreline. However, the sudden and often very perceptible change to a shoreline by natural forces is referred to as “avulsion.’ Hurricanes, nor’easters and other storms are typically credited with causing avulsion.
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Oil emulsions Oil emulsions. An emulsion is a dispersion (droplets) of one liquid in another immiscible liquid. The phase that is present in the form of droplets is the dispersed or internal phase, and the phase in which the droplets are suspended is called the continuous or external phase.
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- Most of the food emulsions are OW/. systems (e.g. milk, cream, mayonnaise, salad dressings, cake batter, and cream liqueur). Some exceptions are butter, margarine, and dairy spreads. Figure 1. Structure of oil-in-waterOW/ , water-in-oil(/)WO, and multiple emulsions. Emulsions are by definition unstable.
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Emulsions An emulsion is formed when two nonsoluble liquids (e.g., an oil and water) are agitated together to disperse one liquid into the other, in the form of drops. Emulsions can either be oil-in-water (O/W) or water-in-oil (W/O), depending on whether the continuous phase is the water or the oil, respectively.
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emulsion 2. (Chemistry) chem a colloid in which both phases are liquids: an oil-in-water emulsion. 3. (Chemistry) Also called: emulsion paint a type of paint in which the pigment is suspended in a vehicle, usually a synthetic resin, that is dispersed in water as an emulsion. It usually gives a mat finish. 4. (Pharmacology) pharmacol a mixture in which an oily medicine is dispersed in another liquid.
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- Ureteral avulsion is a rare but well known complication of ureteroscopy, almost always related to the use of an ureteroscope too large to be readily accommodated by the ureter or, in most cases, by an attempt to pull an inadequately fragmented or impacted stone down from the proximal or mid ureter.
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What Is An Emulsion? Emulsification is a scientific process in which two immiscible (unmixable) liquids are mixed together in a way that makes them stay mixed. You probably know that oil and water don’t mix, but that mayonnaise on your sandwich? That’s an emulsion. It’s oil and vinegar, like salad dressing.
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What's the difference between colloid and emulsion? Whether emulsions are mixtures of two immiscible liquids, they can be categorized as colloids in which both the dispersed phase and the dispersion medium are liquids.
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emulsion Definition of emulsion. 1  1a : a system (such as fat in milk) consisting of a liquid dispersed with or without an emulsifier in an immiscible liquid usually in droplets of larger than colloidal sizeb : the state of such a system.
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emulsion In some emulsions the suspended particles tend to join together and settle out; hence the container must be shaken each time the emulsion is used. film emulsion a dehydrated gel emulsion of light- or radiation-sensitive silver halide that is applied to a suitable base.
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Emulsion An emulsion is a mixture of two or more liquids that are normally immiscible (unmixable or unblendable). Emulsions are part of a more general class of two-phase systems of matter called colloids.
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Vegetarian Journal's Guide To Food Ingredients An emulsion is an unstable mixture of two incompatible liquids, such as oil and water. In the case of mayonaise, we add oil to egg yolk VERY slowly so that the emulsion won't break. In the case of a latex paint we add water to an organic resin, such as an acrylic in such a manner that the emulsion won't break.
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Avulsion injury This article is about avulsion injuries other than Avulsion fractures. For other uses, see Avulsion (disambiguation) . In medicine, an avulsion is an injury in which a body structure is forcibly detached from its normal point of insertion by either trauma or surgery (from the Latin avellere, meaning to tear off).
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- Examples of emulsions include butter and margarine, espresso, mayonnaise, the photo-sensitive side of Photographic film, and cutting fluid for metalworking. In butter and margarine, a continuous lipid phase surrounds droplets of water (water-in-oil emulsion).Emulsification is the process by which emulsions are prepared. Examples of emulsions are mayonaisse, many salad dressings and sauces used in entrees and on desserts.xamples of emulsions include butter and margarine, espresso, mayonnaise, the photo-sensitive side of Photographic film, and cutting fluid for metalworking. In butter and margarine, a continuous lipid phase surrounds droplets of water (water-in-oil emulsion).
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Dental avulsion In normal conditions, a tooth is connected to the socket by means of the periodontal ligament. When a tooth is knocked out, that ligament stretches and splits in half. Maintaining the vitality of the cells that remain attached to the root surface is the key to success following replantation.
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emulsion Pharmacology A suspension of droplets of one liquid in another–eg, oil, water. See Emulsifier. e·mul·sion. A system containing two immiscible liquids in which one is dispersed, in the form of very small globules (internal phase), throughout the other (external phase). [Mod.
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What Is an Emulsion In the Culinary Arts? Mayonnaise is an example of a permanent emulsion, consisting of egg yolks and oil. Egg yolks and oil would not naturally mix together, but by slowly whisking the oil into the egg yolks, the two liquids form a stable emulsion that won't separate.
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Avulsion (river) On average, an avulsion will occur every time the bed of a river channel aggrades enough that the river channel is superelevated above the floodplain by one channel-depth. In this situation, enough hydraulic head is available that any breach of the natural levees will result in an avulsion.
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Emulsion Definition and Examples Examples of Emulsions. 1  Oil and water mixtures are emulsions when shaken together. The oil will form drops and disperse throughout the water. 2  Egg yolk is an emulsion containing the emulsifying agent lecithin. 3  Crema on espresso is an emulsion consisting of water and coffee oil. 4  Butter is an emulsion of water in fat.