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dislocate

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dis⋅lo⋅cate

  [dis-loh-keyt, dis-loh-keyt] verb, -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to put out of place; put out of proper relative position; displace: The glacier dislocated great stones. The earthquake dislocated several buildings.
2. to put out of joint or out of position, as a limb or an organ.
3. to throw out of order; upset; disorder: Frequent strikes dislocated the economy.
–noun
4. Gymnastics. a maneuver on the rings in which a gymnast in an inverted pike position turns over to swing down while pushing the arms out and turning them so that the palms are facing out when the body turns over.
Origin:
1595–1605; < ML dislocātus (ptp. of dislocāre), equiv. to L dis- dis- 1 + locātus placed; see locate
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dis·lo·cate   (dĭs'lō-kāt', dĭs-lō'kāt)   
tr.v.   dis·lo·cat·ed, dis·lo·cat·ing, dis·lo·cates

  1. To put out of usual or proper place, position, or relationship.

  2. To displace (a body part), especially to displace a bone from its normal position.

  3. To throw into confusion or disorder; disrupt: a continuing drought that dislocated the state's economy.


[Medieval Latin dislocāre, dislocāt- : dis-, dis- + Latin locāre, to place (from locus, place).]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: dis·lo·cate
Pronunciation: 'dis-lO-"kAt, -l&-; (')dis-'lO-"kAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -cat·ed;-cat·ing
: to put (a body part) out of order by displacing a bone from its normal connections with another bone dislocated his shoulder>; also : to displace (a bone) from normal connections with another bone dislocated in the fall>
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dislocate dis·lo·cate (dĭs'lō-kāt', dĭs-lō'kāt)
v. dis·lo·cat·ed, dis·lo·cat·ing, dis·lo·cates
To displace a body part, especially to displace a bone from its normal position.

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