If a doctor adds to a patient’s chart that the patient has a joint dislocation, what is most likely happening?

A dislocation occurs when the bones that meet at a joint are forced out of their normal alignment, creating an abnormal separation at the joint. Inflammation may accompany an injury, but it is not what “dislocation” means. The correct choice is an abnormal separation of the joint.

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