Definition of Subluxate

1. Verb. Sprain or dislocate slightly. "Subluxate the hip"

Generic synonyms: Injure, Wound
Derivative terms: Subluxation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subluxate

sublittoral
sublittorals
sublobular
sublogarithmic
sublogic
sublogics
sublot
sublots
sublumbar
sublumic
subluminal
subluminous
sublunar
sublunary
sublunary sphere
subluxate (current term)
subluxated
subluxation
subluxations
sublytic
submachine
submachine gun
submachine guns
submachines
submagic
submammary
subman
submanager
submanagers
submandibular

Literary usage of Subluxate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting by American Ophthalmological Society (1885)
"The lens was unmistakably subluxate.l, and its inner-upper margin visible ; and the iris was more tremulous, its outer portion still apparently pressed ..."

2. A Practical Treatise on Fractures and Dislocations by Frank Hastings Hamilton (1884)
"Having myself made a careful personal examination man, and having observed that he does actually subluxate other limb than the thigh, it has seemed to me ..."

3. A Practical Treatise on Fractures and Dislocations by Frank Hastings Hamilton (1880)
"He is able to subluxate all the articulations of his fingers, including the thumb. The subluxation« backwards and forwards are effected by muscular action, ..."

4. A Practical treatise on fractures and dislocations by Frank Hastings Hamilton (1891)
"After a careful study of the phenomena accompanying certain Phalangeal Articulations ; Subluxations.—He is able to subluxate all the articulations of his ..."

5. A Practical Treatise on Fractures and Dislocations by Frank Hastings Hamilton (1880)
"Tie is able to subluxate all the articulations of his fingers, including the thumb. The subluxations backwards and forwards are effected by muscular action, ..."

6. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1892)
"He was still able to subluxate the joint, but it was gradually growing firmer. The Diagnosis of Pregnancy Between the Second and Eighth Weeks by ..."

7. Gunshot wounds, and other injuries of nerves by Silas Weir Mitchell, George Read Morehouse, William Williams Keen (1864)
"... by their normal flexor, the first joints are more or less given over to the extensor communis, it pulls them hack, and may even subluxate them, ..."

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