| dislocation f. |
fracture of a bone near an articulation with concomitant dislocation of that joint.
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| dislocation |
Displacement of an organ or any part; specifically disturbance or disarrangement of the normal relation of the bones entering the formation of a joint.
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| dislocation |
When the ball pops out of the socket of a joint
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| dislocation |
Complete disunion of at least one of the bones in a joint
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| dislocate |
1. [verb] To injure a joint by temporarily forcing the bone out of its normal socket. 2. [noun] In men's gymnastics, a rotating of the shoulders when performing a backwards turn on the still rings. Many skills in acrobatics appear to involve dislocating a joint, when they actually do not.
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