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

The outer trochlear rim being the smaller of the two, inward luxation does not occur in the horse.

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

As a rule, complete disarticulation immobilizes the affected joint and in most instances there is noticeable an abnormal prominence in the immediate vicinity—in patellar luxation, the whole bone.

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

Fixed luxation may be of such character as to be practically irreducible because of extensive damage done to ligaments or cartilage.

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