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subluxation

[ suhb-luhk-sey-shuh n ]
/ ˌsʌb lʌkˈseɪ ʃən /

noun Medicine/Medical.

a partial dislocation, as of a joint; sprain.

Words nearby subluxation

subliterate, subliterature, sublittoral, sublunary, subluxate, subluxation, submachine gun, submammary mastitis, submandibular duct, submandibular fovea, submandibular ganglion

Origin of subluxation

1680–90; < New Latin subluxātiōn-, stem of subluxātiō; see sub-, luxation
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Medicine definitions for subluxation

subluxation
[ sŭb′lŭk-sā′shən ]

n.

Incomplete or partial dislocation, as of a bone in a joint.
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