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This procedure is called a nail evulsion: First, the finger or toe is given a local numbing treatment.—Jessica Cruel, SELF, 19 Jan. 2018
Word History
Etymology
Latin evulsion-, evulsio, from evellere to pluck out, from e- + vellere to pluck — more at vulnerable
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