[
US
/ˈdɪsɫoʊkeɪtɪd/
]
[ UK /dɪsləʊkˈeɪtɪd/ ]
[ UK /dɪsləʊkˈeɪtɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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separated at the joint
a dislocated knee
a separated shoulder
How To Use dislocated In A Sentence
- A dislocated wrist, unsuccessfuily set, occasioned advice from my surgeon, to try the mineral waters of Aix, in Provence, as a corroborant. Autobiography
- And yet while teachers' strikes may have been popular with chatterers and some politicians, the iridescence has caused untold suffering among pupils whose school calendar has been dislocated.
- To date, more than 20 specimens of D. australis have been collected at this locality, all within galleries and with dislocated plastrons.
- We turned to the left, and marched along its edge in search of a "pont"; but matters became gradually worse; other crevasses joined on to the first one, and the further we proceeded the more riven and dislocated the ice became. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2
- Others have been dislocated from work, escaped from an abusive relationship or just have low self-esteem, which is where Mr. Ramchandani comes in. New Suits for New Starts
- The glenohumeral joint is one of the most commonly dislocated joints.
- Kay had dislocated her left kneecap in her semi - final match of the round robin tournament.
- While the player has not suffered a dislocated shoulder or broken collar bone, he is in severe pain with apparent ligament damage and is unable to lift his arm which has been kept in a sling and strapping over the weekend.
- Also, isolation through moving to urban centres means many Maori have been dislocated from vital support networks.
- It is possible I have dislocated a few joints, and I may have fractured a bone.