displaceability

displaceability
The capability of, or susceptibility to, displacement.
- tissue d. the property of tissue that permits it to be moved from an initial or relaxed position or form. SYN: compression of tissue.

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dis·place·a·bil·i·ty (dis-plās″ə-bilґĭ-te) the quality of being susceptible to movement from an initial position, or the degree to which such movement is possible.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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