luxate
English
WOTD – 29 December 2008
Etymology
From Latin luxātus (“dislocated”) (parsed as a verb via English -ate), from luxāre (“to dislocate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlʌk.seɪt/
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Verb
luxate (third-person singular simple present luxates, present participle luxating, simple past and past participle luxated)
- (pathology) To dislocate.
- 1863, Stephen Smith, Hand-book of Surgical Operations, page 97:
- If in cases of difficulty you have recourse to this means, luxate downwards as far as half the dorsopalmar diameter, and then vice versa.
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- luxating patella
Translations
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