luxation

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The cause of the remaining 5% is the luxation of other bones than those of the vertebral column.'

From Time Magazine Archive

Treatment.—Where treatment is attempted, immobilization as in luxation is in order.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor

In upward luxation, then, the leg is extended as if too long, but the phalanges may be in a state of moderate flexion.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor

Occasionally, evidence of chronic luxation of the femur is observed in the anatomical laboratory.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor

The third and final section, of 35 chapters, deals with the reduction, luxation, and treatment of injured bones, including fracture of the pelvis.

From Drawings and Pharmacy in Al-Zahrawi's 10th-Century Surgical Treatise by Hamarneh, Sami Khalaf