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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.


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 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

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

This Luxation is reduc'd by giving a blow with the Hand upon the luxated Bone, which is sufficient to cause it to re-enter its Natural Place.

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

A dislocation, especially if complicated in any way by considerable laceration of the tissues in the neighborhood of the luxated joint, is sure to be a source of discomfort of this kind.

From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

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

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