luxation
- a word derived from luxate.
Example Sentences
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The cause of the remaining 5% is the luxation of other bones than those of the vertebral column.'
From Time Magazine Archive
This type of luxation is rarely observed and is usually due to violent strain and abnormal extension of the stifle joint.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
For the bite of a mad dog, pax max, and adimax, were irresistible; and for a fractured arm or a luxation, araries, dandaries, denatas, and matas, would have set at defiance the most experienced chirurgeons.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
Extension of the hock in upward luxation of the patella, permits of flexion of the phalanges.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
Fragments of the veil of the saintess Coleta, and the use of her well-worn cloak, immediately cured a terrible luxation, and a cataleptic patient was restored to sanity by drinking from her cup.
From Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing by Cutten, George Barton
