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Luxation

The act of luxating, or the state of being luxated; a dislocation.

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Displacement 76% connected

The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.

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Shift 76% connected

To divide; to distribute; to apportion.

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Subluxation 76% connected

An incomplete or partial dislocation.

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Luxate 74% connected

Luxated.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Luxate 74% connected

Luxated.

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Abarticulation noun · 78% connection

dislocation of a joint

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Eluxation noun · 78% connection

Dislocation; luxation.

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Exarticulation noun · 78% connection

Luxation; the dislocation of a joint.

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Fault noun · 78% connection

A dislocation of the strata of the vein.

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Heave noun · 78% connection

A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.

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Hitch noun · 78% connection

A small dislocation of a bed or vein.

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Jump noun · 78% connection

A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.

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Reduce noun · 78% connection

To restore to its proper place or condition, as a displaced organ or part; as, to reduce a dislocation, a fracture, or a hernia.

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Slide noun · 78% connection

A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.

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Slip noun · 78% connection

A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.

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Subcoracoid adjective · 78% connection

Situated under the coracoid process of the scapula; as, the subcoracoid dislocation of the humerus.

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Subspinous adjective · 78% connection

Situated beneath a spinous process, as that of the scapula; as, subspinous dislocation of the humerus.

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Dislocation noun · 72% connection

The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.

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Luxated imp. & p. p. · 72% connection

of Luxate

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Luxating p. pr. & vb. n. · 72% connection

of Luxate

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