LUXATE


Meaning of LUXATE in English

— luxation , n.

/luk"sayt/ , v.t., luxated, luxating . Chiefly Med.

to put out of joint; dislocate: The accident luxated the left shoulder.

[ 1615-25; luxatus (ptp. of luxare to put out of joint), equiv. to lux ( us ) dislocated (c. Gk loxós oblique) + -a- theme vowel + -tus ptp. suffix ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .