Dislocate Definition

dĭslō-kāt, dĭs-lōkāt

dislocated, dislocates, dislocating

verb

dislocated, dislocates, dislocating

To put out of place; specif., to displace (a bone) from its proper position at a joint.

Webster's New World

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

American Heritage

To upset the order of; disarrange; disrupt.

Webster's New World

(medicine) To (accidentally) dislodge a skeletal bone from its joint.

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Origin of Dislocate

Medieval Latin dislocāre dislocāt- dis- dis- Latin locāre to place (from locus place)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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