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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To put out of joint; dislocate.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To displace or remove from its proper place, as a joint; put out of joint; dislocate.

Wiktionary

  1. v. To dislocate

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. obsolete Luxated.
  2. v. To displace, or remove from its proper place, as a joint; to put out of joint; to dislocate.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. move out of position

Etymologies

  1. From Latin luxō (Wiktionary)
  2. Latin luxāre, luxāt-, from luxus, dislocated. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “All these ligaments being divided, as well as the internal and external, depress the metacarpus, and luxate the bones; finish cutting the fibrous bands which retain the joint, and also the palmar ligaments; and, then, gliding the knife under the palmar surface of the bones, cut a suitable flap from it.”

    An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital.

  • “-- Make an incision along its radial border, extending half an inch beyond each articulation; cautiously detach the skin and tendon from its dorsal surface and the muscles from its palmar face; have the edges held well apart and carry the knife through the upper articulation; then luxate the bone outwards and pass the knife completely along its inner surface; and finally carry the knife through its lower articulation.”

    An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital.

  • “After this is done luxate the wrist, pass the knife behind it and cut a flap from the anterior surface, one”

    An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital.

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synonyms (2)

Words with the same meaning

  1. luxated
  1. dislocate

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. displace
  1. move

reverse dictionary (4)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. lux
  1. eluxate
  1. dislocate
  1. exarticulate

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