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The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.
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The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations.
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The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced.
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Condition where bones that usually meet at a joint, have completely lost contact with each other at the joint surface and are displaced. Dislocation usually results from trauma, and a dislocated shoulder is a particularly common sports injury.
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Displacement of a bone from a joint.
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The displacement of a body part, especially a bone.
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out of joint (patella, more often than the knee itself)
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Displacement of bone in a joint so that two articulating surfaces become separated; also called luxation.
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displacement of the two bones in a joint
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The forceful displacement of an articulating bone to an abnormal position, generally accompanied by damage to tendons, ligaments, the articular capsule, or other structures.
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Displacement of two bones from their normal location at a joint.
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an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
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a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)
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a complete loss of contact between bone surfaces in a joint that normally meet
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a displacement of a bone end from the joint
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a displacement of the bone at a joint
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an injury in which a bone is displaced from its proper position
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an injury in which the ends of your bones are forced from their normal positions
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an injury that occurs when the top of the arm bone becomes disconnected from the scapula
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an injury to your joint in which the ends of your bones are
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a separation of the end of a bone and the joint it meets
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a seperation of a bone where it meets a joint
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Displacement of an organ or any part; specifically a disturbance or disarrangement of the normal relation of the bones at a joint. The direction of the dislocation is determined by the position of the distal part of the articulation.
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Describes the situation when the two articulating bones forming a joint are no longer in contact with each other.
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displacement of a bone in a joint so that joint surfaces do not make proper contact.
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A dislocation occurs when extreme force is put on a joint, allowing the ends of two connected bones to separate
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disruption or coming apart of a joint
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displacement from their normal position of bones meeting at a joint.
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The displacement of a bone out of a joint. Usually caused by trauma, there is normally damage to the ligaments, joint capsule and soft tissues.
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The displacement of any part, more especially of a bone
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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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A displacement of one or more bones at a joint.
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Complete displacement of joint surfaces.
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When the normal articulating joint surfaces have lost total contact.
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Displacement of a bone from its joint.
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mass noun] disturb from usual state or place - Injury to body joint
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Bones that are shifted or displaced from the normal position.
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a dislocation occurs when extreme force is put on a ligament causing the two bone ends to separate. Dislocations can also affect a joint, the point where two or more bones come together. The joint is created as a "ball-and-socket" joint. A dislocated joint causes the head of the bone (ball) to partially or completely come out of the socket.
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Joint dislocation (Latin: luxatio) http://dict.die.net/luxation/ Luxation occurs when bones in a joint become displaced or misaligned. It is often caused by a sudden impact to the joint. The ligaments almost always become damaged as a result of a dislocation.
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