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sub⋅lux⋅a⋅tion

  [suhb-luhk-sey-shuhn]
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–noun Medicine/Medical.
a partial dislocation, as of a joint; sprain.
Origin:
1680–90; < NL subluxātiōn-, s. of subluxātiō; see sub-, luxation
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sub·lux·a·tion   (sŭb'lŭk-sā'shən)   
n.  Incomplete or partial dislocation of a bone in a joint.
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Main Entry: sub·lux·a·tion
Pronunciation: "s&b-"l&k-'sA-sh&n
Function: noun
: partial dislocation (as of one of the bones ina joint)
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subluxation sub·lux·a·tion (sŭb'lŭk-sā'shən)
n.
Incomplete or partial dislocation, as of a bone in a joint.

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