luxate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin luxātus (“dislocated”) (parsed as a verb via English -ate), from luxāre (“to dislocate”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
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[1], 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.
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Translations[edit]
to dislocate
Adjective[edit]
luxate (comparative more luxate, superlative most luxate)
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
luxate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of luxar combined with te