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

Fixed luxation may be of such character as to be practically irreducible because of extensive damage done to ligaments or cartilage.

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

A dislocation or luxation is a persistent displacement of the opposing ends of the bones forming a joint.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

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