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

Irondequoit   Town of western New York on Lake Ontario and Irondequoit Bay, near   Rochester. lees   Sediment settling during fermentation, especially wine; dregs. luxation   Displacement or misalignment of a joint or organ.

From The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference by Triemens, Joseph

Cause.—The accident of a luxation is less often encountered in the animal races than in man.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

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

Where a complete luxation of the metacarpophalangeal joint exists, it is probable that in most cases sufficient injury to collateral and capsular ligaments has been done to render complete recovery improbable, if not impossible.

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