DISLOCATED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dislocated mean? 

• DISLOCATED (adjective)
  The adjective DISLOCATED has 1 sense:

1. separated at the joint

  Familiarity information: DISLOCATED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISLOCATED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Separated at the joint

Synonyms:

disjointed; dislocated; separated

Context example:

a separated shoulder

Similar:

injured (harmed)

 Context examples 

A dislocated joint is an emergency.

(Dislocations, NIH)

A glycoprotein with a glycan in the form Glc0-3Man8GlcNAc2 is released from the calnexin cycle, recognised by a mannosidase- like protein EDEM and dislocated from the ER to the cytosol.

(Endoplasmic Reticulum Degradation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A method of euthanization whereby the spinal column is dislocated from the skull and brain.

(Cervical Dislocation, NCI Thesaurus)

A method of euthanization whereby a subject is anesthetized and the spinal column is dislocated from the skull and brain.

(Anesthesia and Cervical Dislocation Euthanasia, NCI Thesaurus)

Should the hip become dislocated by this movement, the result is considered positive.

(Barlow's Maneuver, NCI Thesaurus)

His collar-bone was found to be dislocated, and such injury received in the back, as roused the most alarming ideas.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

If the hip is dislocated, it will relocate with an audible clunk, which is a positive result for this test.

(Ortolani Maneuver, NCI Thesaurus)

Dislocated joints often are swollen, very painful and visibly out of place.

(Dislocations, NIH)