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Meaning of LUXATE

Pronunciation:  'lukseyt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [v]  move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"
 
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 Synonyms: dislocate, slip, splay
 
 See Also: displace, move

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Lux"ate\, a. [L. luxatus, p. p. of luxare to dislocate.]
    Luxated. [Obs.]
    
  2. \Lux"ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Luxated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
    {Luxating}.]
    To displace, or remove from its proper place, as a joint; to
    put out of joint; to dislocate.
    
 

 

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