dislocation

Noun
  1. An event that results in a displacement or discontinuity (synset 107381985)
    is a type of: break, interruption - some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
    same as: disruption
  2. The act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue (synset 100554399)
    "the social dislocations resulting from government policies"; "his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London"
    is a type of: disruption, perturbation - the act of causing disorder
    same as: breakdown
  3. A displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column) (synset 114315063)
    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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