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

As a matter of fact, in the horse, patellar luxation is the one frequent affection of this kind.

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

There exists, however, no luxation in such cases.

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

This has contributed to the extant cause of misconception as to actual differences between luxation and conditions simulating dislocation.

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