DISLOCATION, noun 1. The act of moving from its proper place; particularly, the act of removing or forcing a bone from its socket; luxation. 2. The sate of being displaced. 3. A joint displaced. 4. In geology, the displacement of parts of rocks, or portions of strata, from the situations which they originally occupied.
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