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dislocate 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/disˈlōkāt/,/ˈdislōˌkāt/,
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dislocating, present participle; dislocated, past tense; dislocated, past participle; dislocates, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Disturb the normal arrangement or position of (something, typically a joint in the body)
    • - he dislocated his shoulder in training
  2. Disturb the organization of; disrupt
    • - trade was dislocated by a famine
  3. Move from its proper place or position
    • - the symbol is dislocated from its political context
  1. move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"
  2. put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; "The colonists displaced the natives"
  3. (dislocated) disjointed: separated at the joint; "a dislocated knee"; "a separated shoulder"
  4. (dislocation) an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
  5. (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"
  6. (dislocation) a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)
  7. In materials science, a dislocation is a crystallographic defect or irregularity, within a crystal structure. The presence of dislocations strongly influences many of the properties of materials. The theory was originally developed by Vito Volterra in 1905. ...
  8. (Dislocation (medicine)) Joint dislocation, or luxation (Latin: luxatio) , occurs when bones in a joint become displaced or misaligned. It is often caused by a sudden impact to the joint. The ligaments always become damaged as a result of a dislocation. A subluxation is a partial dislocation.
  9. (Dislocation (syntax)) In syntax, dislocation is a sentence structure in which a constituent which could otherwise be either an argument or an adjunct of the clause occurs outside the clause boundaries either to its left or to its right as in English They went to the store, Mary and Peter.
  10. (dislocation) The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. ...
  11. (Dislocated) a joint that is out of place, not in its socket
  12. (Dislocation) A linear defect in the structure of a crystal.
  13. (Dislocation) A displacement of one or more bones at a joint.
  14. (Dislocation) Complete disruption in the normal relationship of two bones forming a joint (ie, no contact of the articular surfaces). ...
  15. (DISLOCATION) Separation of a bone of the adjacent bone of a joint, with occurrence of sprain of ligaments: It can be full or partial (síibdislocación).
  16. (Dislocation) A discontinuity in the crystal lattice of a metal. The movement of dislocations under stress may be used to explain slip, creep, plastic yielding, etc.
  17. (Dislocation) Damage to a joint; the bone ends have slipped out of their normal position. Dislocation can be from birth, from an accident, or from weakness and muscle imbalance.
  18. (Dislocation) Describes the situation when the two articulating bones forming a joint are no longer in contact with each other. Femoral block
  19. (Dislocation) The condition of the components of a joint not lining up correctly. May also refer to bones that are not lined up correctly.
  20. (Dislocation) This is when the two parts of a joint become separate and no longer work as they are supposed to. You will experience pain and loss of function of the limb if this happens. You are at risk of this if you have a hip replacement as it is a ball and socket joint.
  21. (dislocation) Displacement of bone in a joint so that two articulating surfaces become separated; also called luxation.
  22. 1. [verb] To injure a joint by temporarily forcing the bone out of its normal socket. 2. [noun] In men's gymnastics, a rotating of the shoulders when performing a backwards turn on the still rings. Many skills in acrobatics appear to involve dislocating a joint, when they actually do not.
  23. To put out of place, out of joint or out of position.