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Definition of Dislocation

1. Noun. An event that results in a displacement or discontinuity.

2. Noun. The act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue. "His warning came after the breakdown of talks in London"

3. Noun. A displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column).

Definition of Dislocation

1. n. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.

Definition of Dislocation

1. Noun. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced. ¹

2. Noun. (geology) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations. ¹

3. Noun. The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced. ¹

4. Noun. (''materials'') A linear defect in a crystal lattice. Because dislocations can shift within the crystal lattice, they tend to weaken the material, compared to a perfect crystal. ¹

5. Noun. (grammar) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dislocation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Dislocation

1. The displacement of any part, more especially of a bone. Synonym: luxation. Origin: L. Locare = to place This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dislocation

dislimning dislimns dislink dislinked dislinking dislinks disload disloaded disloads dislocate

dislocated dislocates dislocating dislocatio dislocatio erecta dislocation (current term) dislocation fracture dislocation of articular processes dislocations dislodge

dislodgeable dislodged dislodgement dislodgements dislodges dislodging dislodgment dislodgments dislogistic

Literary usage of Dislocation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1858)
"JL Petit quotes this precept, and adds that reduction of the dislocation is ... The dislocation was reduced by an assistant pressing firmly on the acromion, ..."

2. The Science and Art of Surgery: A Treatise on Surgical Injuries, Diseases by John Eric Erichsen, Marcus Beck (1884)
"BY a dislocation is meant the more or less sudden and complete displacement of one of the bony structures of a joint from the other. ..."

3. The Structure of Conflict by Paul G. Swingle (1885)
"dislocation OF THE JAW. This may involve one or both condyles, two out of every ... In the double dislocation the mouth is widely open, the jaw is 1 and ..."

4. Organizations by James G. March, Herbert Alexander Simon (1878)
"Angular extension in old dislocation of hip (Bigelow) . . . 295 159. 160. ... Fracture of vertebral body and unilateral dislocation of a lumbar vertebra . ..."

5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1893)
"PERSONAL experience has led me to believe that dislocation of cervical vertebrae, ... The commonest form of dislocation, without fatal re_ suits, ..."

6. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1920)
"Male, age 28, was injured 8 months ago, suffering a dorsal dislocation of the hip. Eight attempts were made to reduce the dislocation by as many surgeons. ..."

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