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   Dis·lo·ca·tion

   /ˌdislōˈkāSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. disturbance from a proper, original, or usual place or state: "rapid urban and industrial development brought immense social dislocation in its wake"
   • ▪ injury or disability caused when the normal position of a joint or other part of the body is disturbed: "congenital dislocation of the hip"
   • ▪ a displacement of part of a crystal lattice structure: "dislocations are present due to the accidents of imperfect growth"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, or from medieval Latin dislocatio(n-), from the verb dislocare (see dislocate), based on Latin locare ‘to place’.

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