divulse

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7

Definition of divulse

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To pull apart forcibly.
    “The divulsing may be done with the Pratt rectal speculum, or with the fingers or thumbs. The fingers should slip far enough into the bowel to grasp the internal sphincter. The muscle is to be stretched quite sharply and then relaxed, […]”

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Etymology

From Latin dīvulsus (“torn apart”), from Latin dīvellō (“to tear apart”).

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