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

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

The luxation was downward and forward, and the strong, nervous reaction of the muscles had pulled the head of the bone deep into my armpit.

From Alaska Days with John Muir by Young, Samual Hall

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

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