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joint

n :  the point of contact between elements of an animal skeleton whether movable or rigidly fixed together with the surrounding and supporting parts (as membranes, tendons, or ligaments) <the capsule of the shoulder out of joint of a bone

:  having the head slipped from its socket
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Similar sounding terms:  JND 

 
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