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DISLOCATION

Definition:

1. [noun] an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
   Synonyms: disruption
   
   
2. [noun] 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"
   Synonyms: breakdown
   
   
3. [noun] a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)
   
   

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Related Words:

• abarticulation
• diastasis
• spondylolisthesis

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