dislocation
dislocation is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Geol.) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations.
- 2.(Surg.) The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- ablegate
- aside
- away
- banishment
- cart
- depart
- disestablish
- dislodge
- dispel
- displace
- displacement
- displant
- draft
- eject
- ejectment
- element
- elocation
- empty
- exile
- fish
- homeless
- houseless
- its
- lade
- misplace
- misplacement
- off
- out
- place
- removal
- remove
- seclude
- set
- situation
- take
- the
- transfer
- transference
- transposition
- unharbored
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is dislocation.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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