displaced fracture
- n fracture in which the two ends of the broken bone are separated from one another
displacement
- n act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
- n an event in which something is displaced without rotation
- n the act of uniform movement
- n (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound
- n (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
- n to move something from its natural environment
- n act of removing from office or employment