luxação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin luxātiōnem. By surface analysis, luxar +‎ -ção

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /lu.ʃaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [lu.ʃaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /lu.ʃɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: lu‧xa‧ção

Noun

luxação f (plural luxações)

(medicine) dislocation; luxation (dislocating of an organ from its proper place, especially a bone from a joint)
Synonyms: deslocamento, deslocação

Related terms

luxar

Further reading

“luxação” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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