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lux⋅ate

  [luhk-seyt]
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–verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing. Chiefly Medicine/Medical.
to put out of joint; dislocate: The accident luxated the left shoulder.
Origin:
1615–25; < L luxātus (ptp. of luxāre to put out of joint), equiv. to lux(us) dislocated (c. Gk loxós oblique) + -ā- theme vowel + -tus ptp. suffix

Related forms:
lux⋅a⋅tion, noun
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lux·ate   (lŭk'sāt')   
tr.v.   lux·at·ed, lux·at·ing, lux·ates
To put out of joint; dislocate.

[Latin luxāre, luxāt-, from luxus, dislocated.]
lux·a'tion n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: lux·ate
Pronunciation: 'l&k-"sAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: lux·at·ed; lux·at·ing
: to throw out of place or out of joint : DISLOCATE luxated teeth wereremoved —Dental Abstracts> luxated patella>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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luxate lux·ate (lŭk'sāt')
v. lux·at·ed, lux·at·ing, lux·ates
To put out of joint; dislocate.

lux·a'tion n.

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