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Dislocation
Dislocation Dis`lo*ca"tion, n. [Cf. F. dislocation.]
1. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.
--T. Burnet.
2. (Geol.) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of
strata from the situation which they originally occupied.
Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations.
3. (Surg.) The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint;
also, the condition of being thus displaced.
Meaning of Dislocation from wikipedia
- In
materials science, a
dislocation or Taylor's
dislocation is a
linear crystallographic defect or
irregularity within a
crystal structure that contains...
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joint dislocation, also
called luxation,
occurs when
there is an
abnormal separation in the joint,
where two or more
bones meet. A
partial dislocation is...
- Atlanto-occipital
dislocation,
orthopedic decapitation, or
internal decapitation describes ligamentous separation of the
spinal column from the skull...
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respect to the
subjacent vertebra to a
degree less than a
luxation (
dislocation).
Retrolistheses are most
easily diagnosed on
lateral x-ray
views of...
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shoulder dislocation will not
experience recurrent dislocations. It has been
shown that
patients who do not
receive surgery after a
shoulder dislocation do...
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Cervical dislocation is a
common method of
animal euthanasia. It
refers to a
technique used in
physical euthanasia of
small animals by
applying pressure...
- A hip
dislocation is when the
thighbone (femur)
separates from the hip bone (pelvis).
Specifically it is when the ball–shaped head of the
femur (femoral...
- In syntax,
dislocation is a
sentence structure in
which a constituent,
which could otherwise be
either an
argument or an
adjunct of the clause, occurs...
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Dislocations occur when two
bones that
originally met at the
joint detach.
Dislocations should not be
confused with subluxation.
Subluxation is when the...
- A
patellar dislocation is a knee
injury in
which the
patella (kneecap)
slips out of its
normal position.
Often the knee is
partly bent,
painful and swollen...
