Dislocated vs Sprained - What's the difference?
dislocated | sprained |
(dislocate)
to put something out of its usual place
(medicine) to (accidentally) dislodge a skeletal bone from its joint
* {{quote-book
, year= a1420
, year_published= 1894
, author= The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056
, by= (Lanfranc of Milan)
, title= Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie."
, url= http://books.google.com/books?id=6XktAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA63
, original=
, chapter= Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone
, section=
, isbn= 1163911380
, edition=
, publisher= K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co
, location= London
, editor= Robert von Fleischhacker
, volume=
, page= 63
, passage= Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate , til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.
}}
* Bill dislocated his shoulder in the fall.
(sprain)
The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining; as, a bad sprain of the wrist.
To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation; as, to sprain one's ankle.