Tom has a posterior hip dislocation.
Source: tatoeba (2879005)
Dislocation
//dɪsləʊˈkeɪʃn̩//
Synonyms for "dislocation" (58 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (29)
Related word relations
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8 entriesderived
5 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
Translations
65 translations across 33 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐξάρθρησις noun (dislocating of a joint)
Arabic
2 entries- اِنْخِلَاع noun (dislocating of a joint)
- خَلْع noun (dislocating of a joint)
Armenian
1 entries- հոդախախտ noun (dislocating of a joint)
Belarusian
3 entries- вы́віх noun (dislocating of a joint)
- звіх noun (dislocating of a joint)
- зьвіх noun (dislocating of a joint)
Bulgarian
4 entries- дислока́ция noun (a linear defect in a crystal lattice)
- изкъ́лчване noun (dislocating of a joint)
- изме́стване noun (the act of displacing or the state of being displaced)
- навя́хване noun (dislocating of a joint)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 脫位 /脱位 noun (dislocating of a joint)
- 脫臼 /脱臼 noun (dislocating of a joint)
Czech
2 entries- přemístění noun (the act of displacing or the state of being displaced)
- vykloubení noun (dislocating of a joint)
Dutch
2 entries- luxatie noun (dislocating of a joint)
- ontwrichting noun (dislocating of a joint)
Finnish
1 entries- sijoiltaanmeno noun (dislocating of a joint)
French
1 entries- luxation noun (dislocating of a joint)
Galician
1 entries- luxación noun (dislocating of a joint)
Georgian
2 entries- ნაღრძობი noun (dislocating of a joint)
- ღრძობა noun (dislocating of a joint)
German
2 entries- Luxation noun (dislocating of a joint)
- Verrenkung noun (dislocating of a joint)
Greek
1 entries- εξάρθρωση noun (dislocating of a joint)
Hungarian
3 entries- ficam noun (dislocating of a joint)
- kificamodás noun (dislocating of a joint)
- kificamítás noun (dislocating of a joint)
Indonesian
3 entries- dislokasi noun (the act of displacing or the state of being displaced)
- dislokasi noun (dislocating of a joint)
- urai sendi noun (dislocating of a joint)
Italian
3 entries- dislocamento noun (the act of displacing or the state of being displaced)
- lussazione noun (dislocating of a joint)
- ripartizione noun (the act of displacing or the state of being displaced)
Japanese
2 entries- 断層 noun (dislocating of a joint)
- 脱臼 noun (dislocating of a joint)
Korean
1 entries- 탈구 noun (dislocating of a joint)
Latin
1 entries- lūxus noun (dislocating of a joint)
Macedonian
2 entries- исколчување noun (dislocating of a joint)
- исчашување noun (dislocating of a joint)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- luksasjon noun (dislocating of a joint)
Polish
1 entries- zwichnięcie noun (dislocating of a joint)
Portuguese
4 entries- deslocamento noun (the act of displacing or the state of being displaced)
- deslocamento noun (dislocating of a joint)
- deslocação noun (the act of displacing or the state of being displaced)
- deslocação noun (dislocating of a joint)
Romanian
1 entries- luxație noun (dislocating of a joint)
Russian
2 entries- вы́вих noun (dislocating of a joint)
- смеще́ние noun (the act of displacing or the state of being displaced)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- iščašénje noun (dislocating of a joint)
- ишчаше́ње noun (dislocating of a joint)
Slovak
1 entries- vykĺbenie noun (dislocating of a joint)
Slovene
1 entries- izpah noun (dislocating of a joint)
Spanish
4 entries- descoyuntamiento noun (dislocating of a joint)
- dislocación noun (dislocating of a joint)
- dislocadura noun (dislocating of a joint)
- lujación noun (dislocating of a joint)
Swedish
3 entries- dislokation noun (dislocating of a joint)
- luxation noun (dislocating of a joint)
- urledvridning noun (dislocating of a joint)
Tagalog
1 entries- pagkapiang noun (dislocating of a joint)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ви́вих noun (dislocating of a joint)
- звих noun (dislocating of a joint)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
As mentioned last month in the article "Railways and the War," the emergency timetables were planned in view of the possibility of serious dislocation of transport by air raids in the early days of the war, and were regarded as the minimum service which would keep the activities of the country alive.
Source: wiktionary
At large stations such as Euston and Birmingham New Street, it is essential to compress the station reconstruction, re-signalling and overhead wiring into the shortest possible time, not only to minimise the period of traffic dislocation but also to ensure completion by the time the remainder of the lines is electrified.
Source: wiktionary
Let's hope someone can get an original Spanish print for U.S. distribution; the redubbed Mexican version shown at the Festival does a disservice to the fine performances by its slight (but annoying) dislocations of sound and image.
Source: wiktionary
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