dislocation
Out of place
Dislocation is displacement from a proper position.
In medicine, a dislocated joint has bones forced out of alignment: She suffered a shoulder dislocation in the fall.
More broadly, dislocation describes any severe disruption of normal arrangement or function: the economic dislocation caused by the pandemic, the dislocation of communities during wartime.
The word captures both physical displacement and the disorder that follows.
Split in hard material
- sprainLigament stretch injury
- separationState of being apart
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
pain · ligament · strain · tear · damage · recovery · rehabilitation · immobilization
Violent disturbance of order
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
- disorderAbsence of organization
- disturbanceDisruption of order
- discontinuityBreak in continuity
rupture · fracture · breakdown · crisis · instability · transformation · shakeup · unrest
People seeking safety elsewhere
- exileBanishment from homeland
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- uprootedRemoved from foundation
- dispossessedDeprived of home or land
deportation · evacuation · migration · expulsion · banishment · homelessness · statelessness · asylum
Inherent imperfection or fault
- latticeOpenwork of crossed strips
- vacancyUnoccupied space or position
- atomElement's smallest unit
- deformationChange in shape
slip · edge · screw · crystal · solid · precipitate · plasticity · diffusion
fracture
Split in hard material
- sprainLigament stretch injury
- separationState of being apart
- traumaLasting psychological wound
swelling · pain · ligament · strain · tear · damage · recovery · rehabilitation · immobilization · inflammation
upheaval
Violent disturbance of order
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
- disorderAbsence of organization
- disturbanceDisruption of order
discontinuity · rupture · fracture · breakdown · crisis · instability · transformation · shakeup · unrest · chaos
refugees
People seeking safety elsewhere
- exileBanishment from homeland
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- uprootedRemoved from foundation
dispossessed · deportation · evacuation · migration · expulsion · banishment · homelessness · statelessness · asylum · resettlement
defect
Inherent imperfection or fault
deformation · slip · edge · screw · crystal · solid · precipitate · plasticity · diffusion · impurity
shoulder
Upper arm joint
finger · patella · socket · ball-and-socket · cartilage · tendon · synovial · articulation · capsule · labrum
- injuriesbruise, fracture, sprain, fractures, concussion
- joint injuriesligament tear, torn ligament, MCL tear, ACL tear, torn ACL
- crystalsquartz, amethyst, diamond, citrine, rose quartz
- orthopedicsorthopedic surgeon, orthopedic surgery, bone fracture, joint replacement, hip replacement
- alienationestrangement, social isolation, disconnection, exclusion, outsider
- diasporaAfrican diaspora, exiles, Irish diaspora, emigrants, Jewish diaspora
dislocationalignment
Correct relative positioning
relocation · reduction · proper alignment · articulation · setting
dislocationorder
Methodical arrangement or request
alignment · ordering · arrangement · organization · integration
dislocationrootedness
Being firmly established somewhere
belonging · stability · settledness · embeddedness · connection
- shoulder dislocationJoint forced from socket
- joint dislocationBone forced from socket
- hip dislocationFemoral head exits acetabulum
- knee dislocationLeg joint bones misaligned
- jaw dislocationBone leaves socket
- elbow dislocationJoint bones forced apart