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

It is possible also that a temporary luxation of the patella took place first and caused the animal to struggle in such manner that fracture followed.

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

If luxation is downward, traction on the extremity will tend to dislodge the head of the femur from the inferior acetabular margin making reduction possible.

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

Etiology and Occurrence.—Uncomplicated femoral luxation is of less frequent occurrence in the horse than in the other domestic animals.

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

Joints having the greater freedom of movement are apt to suffer luxation more frequently.

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