Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Luxation; the dislocation of a joint.
- noun Removal of a member at the articulation.
- noun The state of being exarticulate or jointless.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Luxation; the dislocation of a joint.
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- noun
luxation ; thedislocation of ajoint
Etymologies
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ex- + articulation
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Examples
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Of English surgeons we must mention the brothers Bell, John (collateral circulation after ligation) and Charles (operative surgery); John Abernethy (1763-1831; ligation); James Syme (1799-1870; exarticulation of the hip joint); the famous surgeon, Astley Patson Cooper (1768-1841; textbook), and
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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