| dislocation | | |
| n. (event) | 1. dislocation, disruption | an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity. |
| ~ break, interruption | some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity.; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt" |
| n. (act) | 2. breakdown, dislocation | 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" |
| ~ disruption, perturbation | the act of causing disorder. |
| n. (state) | 3. dislocation | a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column). |
| ~ harm, hurt, injury, trauma | any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.. |
| ~ abarticulation | dislocation of a joint. |
| ~ diastasis | separation of an epiphysis from the long bone to which it is normally attached without fracture of the bone. |
| ~ spondylolisthesis | a forward dislocation of one vertebra over the one beneath it producing pressure on spinal nerves. |
| sprain | | |
| n. (state) | 1. sprain | a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments. |
| ~ wrench, pull, twist | a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments.; "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull" |
| v. (body) | 2. rick, sprain, turn, twist, wrench, wrick | twist suddenly so as to sprain.; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days" |
| ~ injure, wound | cause injuries or bodily harm to. |
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