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dis·lo·ca·tion

(dĭs′lō-kā′shən)

1. The act or process of dislocating or the state of having been dislocated: "the severe emotional dislocation experienced by millions of immigrants ... who were forced to separate themselves forever from the ... circle of people and places on which they had depended" (Doris Kearns Goodwin).

2. Displacement of a body part, especially the temporary displacement of a bone from its normal position.

3. Chemistry An imperfection in the crystal structure of a metal or other solid resulting from an absence of an atom or atoms in one or more layers of a crystal.

4. Geology See displacement.

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dislocation

(ˌdɪsləˈkeɪʃən)

1. the act of displacing or the state of being displaced; disruption

2. (Medicine) (esp of the bones in a joint) the state or condition of being dislocated

3. (Chemistry) a line, plane, or region in which there is a discontinuity in the regularity of a crystal lattice

4. (Geological Science) geology a less common word for fault⁶

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dis•lo•ca•tion

(ˌdɪs loʊˈkeɪ ʃən)

n.

1. an act or instance of dislocating.

2. the state of being dislocated.

3. (in a crystal lattice) a line about which there is a discontinuity in the lattice structure.

[1350–1400]

dis·lo·ca·tion

(dĭs′lō-kā′shən)

Displacement of a bone from its normal position, especially in a joint.

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dislocation

An injury in which bones are forced out of their normal positions, at a joint. Dislocations can occur when an injury tears ligaments that keep two bone surfaces in place.

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Noun	1.	dislocation - an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity disruption break, interruption - some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"
	2.	dislocation - the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue; "the social dislocations resulting from government policies"; "his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London" breakdown disruption, perturbation - the act of causing disorder
	3.	dislocation - a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column) harm, hurt, injury, trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. abarticulation - dislocation of a joint diastasis - separation of an epiphysis from the long bone to which it is normally attached without fracture of the bone spondylolisthesis - a forward dislocation of one vertebra over the one beneath it producing pressure on spinal nerves

dislocation

noun

1. disruption, disorder, disturbance, disarray, disorganization The refugees have suffered a total dislocation of their lives.

2. putting out of joint, unhinging, disengagement, disconnection, disarticulation, luxation (Medical) He suffered a double dislocation of his left ankle.

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dislocation

noun

A change in normal place or position:

displacement, disturbance, move, movement, rearrangement, shift.

Translations

خَلْع

vykloubenívymknutípřemístěnípřesunutí

forvridning

Luxation Verrenkung

sijoiltaanmeno

dislocation

kificamítás

liîhlaup; aflögun

lussazione scompiglio slogatura disorganizzazione ingorgo

forflytting forskyvning

vykĺbenie

çıkık

脱臼

dislocation

[ˌdɪsləʊˈkeɪʃən] N

1. (Med) → dislocación f

2. (= disruption) [of traffic] → trastorno m; [of plans] → trastocamiento m

3. (= displacement) → desplazamiento m

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dislocation

[ˌdɪsləˈkeɪʃ^ən] n

[shoulder, elbow, hip, ankle, jaw, finger] → déboîtement m, dislocation f

(= disruption) [system, process, service] → bouleversement m

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dislocation

n (Med) → Verrenkung f; (of shoulder) → Auskugeln nt; (fig, of plans) → Durcheinanderbringen nt

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dislocation

[ˌdɪsləʊˈkeɪʃ/ən] n (Med) → slogatura, lussazione f

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dislocate

(ˈdisləkeit) , ((American) -lou-) verb

to put (a bone) out of joint; to displace. She dislocated her hip when she fell.

ˌdisloˈcation noun

dis·lo·ca·tion

n. dislocación, luxación, desviación, desplazamiento de una articulación;

cervical ___ → luxación cervical;

closed ___ → ___ cerrada;

complicated ___ → ___ complicada;

congenital ___ → ___ congénita;

congenital ___ of the hip → ___ congénita de la cadera;

habitual ___ → ___ recidivante.

dislocation

n luxación f, dislocación f

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Perambulating refutations are ye, of belief itself, and a dislocation of all thought.

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But when they had marched for about an hour in the dense fog, the greater part of the men had to halt and an unpleasant consciousness of some dislocation and blunder spread through the ranks.

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Both Kristoforas and his brother, Juozapas, were cripples, the latter having lost one leg by having it run over, and Kristoforas having congenital dislocation of the hip, which made it impossible for him ever to walk.

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Dabney's; it could not but be crushed and killed by her early disappointment, the cold duty of her first marriage, the dislocation of the heart's principles, consequent on a second union, and the unkindness of her southern husband, which had inevitably driven her to connect the idea of his death with that of her comfort.

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Mutilations, amputations, dislocation of the joints, "restorations"; this is the Greek, Roman, and barbarian work of professors according to Vitruvius and Vignole.

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There's a compound fracture above the knee, and a dislocation below.

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Many of the ivory inlayings of her bulwarks and cabins were started from their places, by the unnatural dislocation. In vain handspikes and crows were brought to bear upon the immovable fluke-chains, to pry them adrift from the timber-heads; and so low had the whale now settled that the submerged ends could not be at all approached, while every moment whole tons of ponderosity seemed added to the sinking bulk, and the ship seemed on the point of going over.

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There is a certain fatal dislocation in our relation to nature, distorting our modes of living and making every law our enemy, which seems at last to have aroused all the wit and virtue in the world to ponder the question of Reform.

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We called him the Doctor, for he was supposed to have some special knowledge of medicine, and had been known, upon a pinch, to set a fracture or reduce a dislocation; but beyond these slight particulars, we had no knowledge of his character and antecedents.

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What's the matter?" asked Tom, throwing down his book with a yawn that threatened dislocation.

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For as it is dislocation and detachment from the life of God that makes things ugly, the poet, who re-attaches things to nature and the Whole,-- re-attaching even artificial things and violations of nature, to nature, by a deeper insight,--disposes very easily of the most disagreeable facts.

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The mineral springs of Cauquenes burst forth on a line of dislocation, crossing a mass of stratified rock, the whole of which betrays the action of heat.