Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin lūxāre (to put out of joint, dislocate) (possibly a semi-learned borrowing), cognate with Ancient Greek λοξός (loxós, slanting).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /lusˈsa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: lus‧sà‧re

Verb edit

lussàre (first-person singular present lùsso, first-person singular past historic lussài, past participle lussàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, medicine) to dislocate
  2. (transitive, medicine, uncommon) to remove (an organ) from its natural housing

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Further reading edit

  • lussare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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