dislocation

noun

• disturbance from a proper, original, or usual place or state:rapid urban and industrial development brought immense social dislocation in its wake
• injury or disability caused when the normal position of a joint or other part of the body is disturbed:congenital dislocation of the hip [count noun]:dealing with fractures and dislocations
• [count noun] Crystallography a displacement of part of a crystal lattice structure: dislocations are present due to the accidents of imperfect growth