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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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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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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...
- 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...
- 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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Cervical dislocation is a
common method of
animal euthanasia. It
refers to a
technique used in
physical euthanasia of
small animals by
applying pressure...
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deviations of a
dislocation defect along its
glide plane. In edge
dislocations, the
constant glide plane allows short regions of the
dislocation to turn, converting...
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partial dislocation is a
decomposed form of
dislocation that
occurs within a
crystalline material. An
extended dislocation is a
dislocation that has...
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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...
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Dislocation creep is a
deformation mechanism in
crystalline materials.
Dislocation creep involves the
movement of
dislocations through the
crystal lattice...
