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subluxate

/ sʌbˈlʌkseɪt /

verb

  1. tr pathol to partially 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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Derived Forms

  • ˌsubluxˈation, noun
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Example Sentences

“When I was young, every time I would lift a partner above my head, my left shoulder would subluxate, not a full dislocation, but it would pop in and out.”

Eventually, his shoulders grew unstable enough that they would subluxate, or pop partially out, with frustrating regularity.

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