luxate

Pronunciation:		'lukseyt
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Matching Terms:		luxation
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[v] move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"

	Synonyms:	dislocate, slip, splay

	See Also:	displace, move

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Lux"ate\, a. [L. luxatus, p. p. of luxare to dislocate.] Luxated. [Obs.] \Lux"ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Luxated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Luxating}.] To displace, or remove from its proper place, as a joint; to put out of joint; to dislocate.