dilacerationn.
/dɪˌlasəˈreɪʃən//dʌɪˌlasəˈreɪʃən/ 1. The action of rending asunder or tearing (parts of the body, etc.); the condition of being torn or rent.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > tearing or tearing apart > [noun]
tatteringc1380
rendinga1398
rifta1400
rentingc1405
ripping1463
direption1483
outriving1488
dilaceration1545
raving1553
dilaniation1569
divulsion1603
discission1628
discerption1645
tear1666
rent1753
shredding1954
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figurative.1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (xi.) f. 202v Many dilaceracions & diuisions.1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xviii. xlii. 731 His nobles after his death making..a dilaceration of his monarchy.1808 C. Lamb Specimens Eng. Dramatic Poets 264 This dilaceration of the spirit, and exenteration of the inmost mind.β. 1624 J. Reynolds Vox Cœli 58 God himselfe hath..Confirmed the breach and delaceration of the [Spanish] Match.1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Delaceration, a tearing in pieces.1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. 1883 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Delaceration.1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xi. i. 418 Wounds..by Gunshot..are accompanied with contusion, dilaceration, [etc.]
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xvi. 146 Conceiving a dilaceration of the..belly of the viper. View more context for this quotation
1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iv. 396 Dilaceration of the nerveous Fibres.
1733 P. Shaw tr. F. Bacon De Sapientia Veterum in Philos. Wks. I. 574 The Riddles of Sphinx..have two Conditions annexed..Dilaceration to those who do not solve them, and Empire to those that do.
1838 New Monthly Mag. 54 403 His right-hand nails..threatened instant dilaceration.
2. spec. In Dental Surgery, used ‘to describe a condition of tooth resulting from displacement of the calcified portion from the tissues which are instrumental in its production, the development being continued after the normal position of the calcified part has been lost’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon).
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1859 J. Tomes Syst. Dental Surg. 164 The crown and the fang being joined at an angle, presenting that peculiarity of conformation which has been denominated dilaceration.
1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. xiii. 539 Dilaceration..is due to a shifting of the forming tooth on its base.
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