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LUXATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Displacement or misalignment of a joint or organ
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("luxation" is a kind of...):
displacement; shift (an event in which something is displaced without rotation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "luxation"):
subluxation (partial displacement of a joint or organ)
Derivation:
luxate (move out of position)
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