Tom has a posterior hip dislocation.
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Dislocation
/dɪsləʊˈkeɪʃn̩/
Synonyms for "dislocation" (71 found)
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Noun(3 words)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (35)
entropyincoherenceinconsistencyinsanityisolationluxationmisarrangementnonunionpartingpartitionperturbationremovalscatteringsegmentationseparatenessseparationseparatismshiftshufflingsubdivision
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Noun(11 words)
evictionextractionsfrontingjoint separationlattice defectleft dislocationline defectluxationmajor upheavalsocial upheavaltopicalization
Adjective(1 words)
forced relocation during war
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More general
16 entriesbone pathologybreakcommunity disruptioncrystal defectdisruptionharmhurtinjuryinterruptionlattice defectlinguistic devicemedical conditionperturbationsocial disruptionsyntactic phenomenontrauma
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12 entrieseconomic dislocationedge dislocationelbow dislocationhip dislocationknee dislocationleft dislocationmixed dislocationpopulation dislocationright dislocationscrew dislocationshoulder dislocationurban dislocation
Collocations
6 entriesBurgers vectorcrystal latticedislocation densityedge dislocationline defectscrew dislocation
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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.
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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.
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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.
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