luxated

• Andrew Taylor Still invented "osteopathy" based upon the theory that luxated bones interfere with blood circulation, producing all manner of diseases. —  Bayblab
• When a bone is luxated (out of joint), there has occurred a partial or complete rupture of certain ligaments or tendons; or a bone may be luxated when an abnormal or unusual elasticity of inhibitory ligaments or tendons obtains Luxations may be practically classified as temporary and fixed_. —  Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1
• Your dog could be suffering from a luxated patella or a slipped kneecap If so, the best thing to do is take him to the vet as soon as you can —  We Blog A Lot
• Throughout the dark ages and down to the present century, the hideous and unnecessary apparatus employed, each decade bringing forth new types, is abundantly pictured in the older books on surgery; in some almost recent works there are pictures of windlasses and of individuals making superhuman efforts to pull the luxated member back -- all of which were given to the student as advisable means of treatment. —  Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
• When a bone is luxated (out of joint), there has occurred a partial or complete rupture of certain ligaments or tendons; or a bone may be luxated when an abnormal or unusual elasticity of inhibitory ligaments or tendons obtains. —  Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1

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