subluxation
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of subluxation
1680–90; from New Latin subluxātiōn-, stem of subluxātiō; see sub-, luxation ( def. )
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Powell has endured shoulder injuries throughout his eight-year career, including a previous subluxation of his left shoulder in November 2018.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2023
Knicks: Rookie Quentin Grimes left in the first quarter with right knee injury, the team saying it was a subluxation of the right patella.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2022
Fitzpatrick was diagnosed with a hip subluxation, and initial reports stated he was going to miss only a few weeks.
From Fox News ● Dec. 7, 2021
Fitzpatrick was originally given a six- to eight-week timetable after he suffered a hip subluxation in the second quarter of the team’s season-opening loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 14, 2021
Spontaneous rupture of the suspensory ligament with consequent subluxation of the lens may follow.
From Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 by Willis O. Nance
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