 dislocation |
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| 1. | [ noun ] an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity | |
| Synonyms: | disruption | |
| Related terms: | interruption dislocate | |
| 2. | [ noun ] the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue | |
| Synonyms: | breakdown | |
| Examples: | "the social dislocations resulting from government policies" "his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London" |
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| Related terms: | disruption break_down | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (medicine) a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column) | |
| Related terms: | injury abarticulation diastasis spondylolisthesis dislocate | |
| Similar spelling: |
dislocate dislocated dislogistic |
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