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

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

Temporary luxation of the patella is a common affection of the horse and fixed luxation of this bone also occurs.

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

There is no particular difference in the handling of carpal luxation and dislocation of other bones.

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