Noun: dislocation ,dis-low'key-shun or ,dis-lu'key-shun
- A displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)
"The athlete suffered a shoulder dislocation during the game"
- The act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
"the social dislocations resulting from government policies";
- breakdown
- An event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
"The earthquake caused significant dislocation of the local population";
- disruption
Derived forms: dislocations
Type of: break, disruption, harm, hurt, injury, interruption, perturbation, trauma
Encyclopedia: Dislocation