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Definition of Luxate
1. Verb. Move out of position. "The artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"
Generic synonyms: Displace, Move
Derivative terms: Dislocation, Dislocation, Luxation, Slip, Slippage
Definition of Luxate
1. a. Luxated.
2. v. t. To displace, or remove from its proper place, as a joint; to put out of joint; to dislocate.
Definition of Luxate
1. Verb. To dislocate ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Luxate
1. to put out of joint [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Luxate
Literary usage of Luxate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1912)
"Thus, to luxate the fingers, hyperextend; to luxate the elbow, hyperextend; to
luxate the jaw, practically hyperextend ; to luxate the ..."
2. Putnam's Word Book: A Practical Aid in Expressing Ideas Through the Use of by Louis Andrew Flemming (1913)
"... unbiased, indifferent, neutral, magnanimous, unselfish. disjoint, v. dislocate,
luxate, disarticulate. disjointed, a. incoherent, rambling, desultory, ..."
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