🚪 Not together 💪 Joint apart

separated

5.3

A joint forced apart so the bones are not in their normal place

adjective
/ˈsɛpəˌreɪtɪd/

Specialized

: dislocado

After his fall, the doctor said his shoulder was separated and would need surgery to heal properly.

Examples

The X-ray revealed that her collarbone was separated due to the impact of the collision.
He experienced severe pain because his fingers were separated at the joint after the accident.
Well, that's the rate of convergence is like what I why I took this separated off this example.
So some of the highest purity materials are coming from these veins of of of magma that flowed up and then face separated during millennia.

Synonyms

separate

vsseparated

829 2.1

Not joined to another thing and kept apart

is about a joint being forced out of place, not general standing apart

detached

vsseparated

2 4.3

Something loose and not fixed to the thing it belongs to

is about joints forced out of place, not simply loose or unattached

disjointed

vsseparated

1 5.5

Separated at a joint, like a finger or ankle

is about joints forced out of place, not just simple disassembly

uncoupled

vsseparated

1 4.9

Not joined to something it was attached to before

is about joints forced out of place, not merely returned to unconnected state

dislocated

vsseparated

5.1

A joint that is out of its normal place so two bones no longer meet

is the same idea but phrased in different words

disjoined

vsseparated

7.1

Separated so parts are not connected anymore

is about joints forced out of place, not general undone connections

disengaged

vsseparated

Specialized

4.4

Not physically connected or locked so parts can move apart

is about human joints forced out of place, not mechanical release

Antonyms

to reunite

138 3.2

To bring people or things back together after being apart

How Severe

fracture

364 4.1

separated

Specialized

5.3

sprain

24 3.9

sore

192 1.0

Surface Forms

separated positive

Morphology

separated = separate (transparent) = separate + ed

The medical sense ('having been forced apart') is a direct result of the verb 'separate' + -ed, so the derivation is straightforward.

Etymology

Separated in medicine uses the same basic idea: the parts have been moved 'apart' from each other. So a separated shoulder or joint is one where the pieces have been forced away from their normal place.