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Dislocation Common

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Dislocation has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity

2

the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue

"the social dislocations resulting from government policies"

"his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London"

3

a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)

4

The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
interruption disruption injury
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
abarticulation diastasis spondylolisthesis
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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