Dislocation - Definition
dislocation
n 1: an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
[syn: dislocation, disruption]
2: the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to
continue; "the social dislocations resulting from government
policies"; "his warning came after the breakdown of talks in
London" [syn: dislocation, breakdown]
3: a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal
position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)