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
The fourth is an affection rather of the neck, due to an inflammation of the vertebræ—retropharyngeal abscess—that may be followed by luxation and is complicated by great difficulty of respiration.
From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by Walsh, James Joseph
Etiology and Occurrence.—This, the most common luxation met with in the equine subject, has been described by writers as existing in many forms.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
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
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
