See Also: decollement(medicine)
decollement(dictionary)

decollement (iou)



decollement noun. M19.
[French, from decoller unstick, disengage: see -MENT.]
Medicine. The process of separating organs or tissues from surrounding parts; the state of being thus separated. M19.
Geology. The sliding (and subsequent deformation) of strata over those beneath; a boundary separating deformed strata from underlying strata which are not (similarly) deformed. E20.