🇬🇧🇪🇸 dislocation - dislocación : English Lesson

Meaning of "dislocation" ("dislocación"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A dislocation is an injury that happens when the end of a bone is pushed or pulled out of the place where it normally connects to another bone at a joint, like the shoulder, finger, or knee. The bones are no longer lined up correctly, so the joint looks strange, hurts a lot, and usually can’t move properly. A doctor has to gently put the bone back where it belongs.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

Grandpa said he got a dislocation playing football, but Grandma said he got it tripping over a tiny, harmless pillow.

The pirate claimed a shoulder dislocation was why he couldn’t mop the deck, but he could still reach the cookie jar just fine.

The superhero’s only weakness was shoulder dislocation every time he tried to flex for photos.

I learned about dislocation in health class and decided maybe competitive couch-jumping is not a safe sport.

A dislocation is different from a broken bone—your bone usually stays in one piece, it just pops out of the joint like a very un-fun jack-in-the-box.

On the playground, a child fell; a bright scream showed a shoulder dislocation. Parents rushed; an X-ray proved the dislocation. The doctor spoke calmly, eased the arm, watched the dislocation slip back into place. The child's tears stopped as the dislocation went away. Later, the bandage and a small smile sealed relief from the dislocation.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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