dislocator
Thing that displaces
A dislocator is someone or something that dislocates—that displaces from proper position or disrupts normal arrangement.
A shoulder injury involves a dislocator force; political upheaval has its dislocators too.
The word appears occasionally in medical and technical contexts but remains uncommon: The fall acted as a dislocator of his knee joint.
Upper arm joint
wrist · joint · socket · ball-and-socket · ligament · patella · clavicle · jaw
Making something smaller
- immobilizationPreventing movement entirely
- slingStrap-based support or launcher
- splintDevice immobilizing injured limbs
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
swelling · pain · trauma · recurrence · instability · manipulation · physical therapy · chronic
Forced departure from rental
- uprootingExtracting from the earth
- exodusMass departure from somewhere
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- expulsionForced permanent removal
deracination · dislodgement · dispossession · diaspora · banishment · ousting · refugee · upheaval
Forceful interruption of process
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- destabilizationCausing loss of stability
- subversionUndermining established authority
- unsettlingCausing unease or discomfort
defamiliarization · estrangement · rupture · discontinuity · interruption
shoulder
Upper arm joint
ankle · wrist · joint · socket · ball-and-socket · ligament · patella · clavicle · jaw · finger
reduction
Making something smaller
- immobilizationPreventing movement entirely
- slingStrap-based support or launcher
- splintDevice immobilizing injured limbs
rehabilitation · swelling · pain · trauma · recurrence · instability · manipulation · physical therapy · chronic · acute
eviction
Forced departure from rental
- uprootingExtracting from the earth
- exodusMass departure from somewhere
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
expulsion · deracination · dislodgement · dispossession · diaspora · banishment · ousting · refugee · upheaval · removal
disruption
Forceful interruption of process
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- destabilizationCausing loss of stability
- subversionUndermining established authority
unsettling · defamiliarization · estrangement · rupture · discontinuity · interruption
cam
Rotary-to-linear converter
- leverPivoting bar for lifting
- actuatorDevice producing controlled motion
- hydraulicRelating to pressurized liquids
pneumatic · linkage · release · ejector · trigger · spring-loaded · toggle · latch · detent · quick-release
dislocatorstabilizer
Thing ensuring steadiness
locator · relocator · aligner · setter · positioner
dislocatorstabilizer
Thing ensuring steadiness
organizer · integrator · unifier · consolidator · maintainer
- dislocated shoulderArm joint out of place
- dislocated hipFemoral head unseated from pelvis
- dislocated jointBones forced from alignment
- shoulder dislocationJoint forced from socket
- joint dislocationBone forced from socket
- dislocated kneePatella displaced from joint
dislocate, dislocation, dislocated, dislocating, dislocates, dislocations