luxation
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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
If luxation is downward, traction on the extremity will tend to dislodge the head of the femur from the inferior acetabular margin making reduction possible.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
Cause.—The accident of a luxation is less often encountered in the animal races than in man.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
Where extreme luxation is present in both stifles, the prognosis is unfavorable.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
As a rule, the reduction of this form of luxation is not difficult.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
It is not surprising, then, to find that the treatment of fractures and luxations is eminently practical, and, indeed, on any subject that he touches he throws practical light.
From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by James Joseph Walsh
All dislocations, luxations and subluxations of bones and ligaments should be corrected by expert manipulation.
From Nature Cure by Henry Lindlahr
A cataplasm of the juice, with rye meal, is good against luxations and ruptures.
From Notes and Queries, Number 193, July 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell
Dislocations and luxations are interchangeable terms, meaning the separation and displacement of the articulating surfaces of the bones entering into the formation of a joint.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
Such a deformity subjects the animal to frequent luxations.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by R. A. Craig, D.V.M.
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