luxate

American  

[luhk-sayt] / ˈlʌk seɪt /

verb (used with object)

Chiefly Medicine/Medical.

luxated, luxating

1. to put out of joint; dislocate.

   The accident luxated the left shoulder.

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luxate British  

/ ˈlʌkseɪt /

verb

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

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Other Word Forms

• luxation
  noun
• unluxated
  adjective

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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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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

luxated

The Knee-Pan is luxated by starting upward; and to reduce it, the Patient's Leg is to be held streight, whilst it is thrust back into its place with the Hands.

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

When the lower Ribs are luxated, the Patient must be oblig'd to stoop, laying his Hands upon his Knees, and the Prominence of the Bone is to be thrust back.

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

The Calcaneum sometimes flies off from the Astragalus both in the inside and without; and the Bones of the Tarsus, Metatarsus, and Toes are likewise apt to be luxated.

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

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

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