dislocation
Noun
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is a type of: break, interruption - some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activitysame as: disruption
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is a type of: disruption, perturbation - the act of causing disordersame as: breakdown
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is a type of: harm, hurt, injury, trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.subtypes:
- 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
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