luxate
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin luxātus (“dislocated”) (parsed as a verb via English -ate), from luxāre (“to dislocate”).
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luxate (third-person singular simple present luxates, present participle luxating, simple past and past participle luxated)
- (pathology) To dislocate.
- 1863, Stephen Smith, Hand-book of Surgical Operations[1], page 97:
- If in cases of difficulty you have recourse to this means, luxate downwards as far as half the dorsopalmar diameter, and then vice versa.
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to dislocate
Adjective edit
luxate (comparative more luxate, superlative most luxate)
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Verb edit
luxate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of luxar combined with te