To pull out forcefully or tear away; to extract by force.
From Latin 'evulsus,' past participle of 'evellere,' meaning 'to pull out.' The prefix 'e-' means 'out' and 'vellere' means 'to pull or pluck.'
This medical and anatomical term is still used in surgery and biology to describe tearing or forcible extraction—it's one of the rare 'evul-' words that has actually survived and remains useful in scientific contexts.
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