dislocate
Meaning of dislocate
verb
- disturb the normal position of (a bone in a joint).
he dislocated his shoulder in training
late 16th century: probably a back-formation from dislocation, but perhaps from medieval Latin dislocatus ‘moved from a former position’, from the verb dislocare .
Information about dislocate
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of dislocate is: dislocates.
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Hyphenation of dislocate
dis-lo-cate
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- dislocate is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
dislocate synonyms
Meaning luxate:
Meaning displace:
Meaning disturb the cohesion or organization of:
Meaning break the connection of or between:
Meaning separate or release (someone or something) from something to which they are attached or connected:
Meaning cause the subluxation of (a bone or joint):
Meaning separate or dislocate the joints of:
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Words that rhyme with dislocate
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