dislocare

  • 71dislocate — /ˈdɪsləkeɪt / (say disluhkayt) verb (t) (dislocated, dislocating) 1. to put out of place; displace; put out of proper relative position. 2. to put out of joint or out of position, as a limb or an organ. 3. to throw out of order; derange; upset;… …

  • 72dislocate — [dis′lō kāt΄] vt. dislocated, dislocating [< ML dislocatus, pp. of dislocare: see DIS & LOCATE] 1. to put out of place; specif., to displace (a bone) from its proper position at a joint 2. to upset the order of; disarrange; disrupt …

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  • 73dislocation — n. 1 the act or result of dislocating. 2 Crystallog. the displacement of part of a crystal lattice structure. Etymology: ME f. OF dislocation or med.L dislocatio f. dislocare (as DIS , locare place) …

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