The fact of disjoining or condition of being disjoined; disjunction; separation, breach.

spec. Displacement of a bone from its natural position in the joint; luxation. (Formerly, more widely, displacement of any bodily part or organ.)

The action of dislocating or putting out of joint; the condition of being dislocated; dislocation; an instance of this.

Medicine and Surgery. Partial displacement or dislocation, esp. of the bones at a joint; an instance of this.

(a) Surgery a dislocation (dislocation, n. 1b) in which the relationship of the bones is disturbed but contact between them is maintained; the fact…