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luxate

American  
[luhk-seyt] / ˈlʌk seɪt /

verb (used with object)

Chiefly Medicine/Medical.
luxated, luxating
  1. to put out of joint; dislocate.

    The accident luxated the left shoulder.


luxate British  
/ ˈlʌkseɪt /

verb

  1. (tr) pathol to put (a shoulder, knee, etc) out of joint; dislocate

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of luxate

1615–25; < Latin luxātus (past participle of luxāre to put out of joint), equivalent to lux ( us ) dislocated (cognate with Greek loxós oblique) + -ā- theme vowel + -tus past participle suffix

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If a Rib be luxated on the inside, an Incision is to be made to draw it out with the Fingers.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Charles Gabriel Le Clerc

If the same Tibia be dislocated on the side, a kind of Tumour appears in the luxated side, and a Sinking in the opposite.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Charles Gabriel Le Clerc

If the Tibia be luxated on the side, the usual Extensions are to be made, and the Bone is to be push'd with the Knee.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Charles Gabriel Le Clerc

The Jaw may be luxated either on both sides, or only on one.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Charles Gabriel Le Clerc

When the Tibia is luxated behind, its Prominences are in the Cavity of the Ham, and the Leg flies off, or is bended.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Charles Gabriel Le Clerc

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