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Definitions for luxate
ˈlʌk seɪtlux·ate

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dislocate, luxate, splay, slipverb

    move out of position

    "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"

Wiktionary

  1. luxateverb

    To dislocate

  2. Etymology: From luxo

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Lux, To Luxateverb

    To put out of joint; to disjoint.

    Etymology: luxer, French; luxo, Latin.

    He complained of extremity of pain, and suspected his hip luxated. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

    Consider well the luxated joint, and which way it slipped out; for it requireth to be returned in the same manner. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

    Descending careless from his couch, the fall
    Lux’d his joint neck, and spinal marrow bruis’d. Philips.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Luxateadjective

    luxated

  2. Luxateverb

    to displace, or remove from its proper place, as a joint; to put out of joint; to dislocate

  3. Etymology: [L. luxatus, p. p. of luxare to dislocate.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Luxate

    luks′āt, v.t. to put out of joint: to displace.—n. Luxā′tion, a dislocation. [L. luxāre, -ātumluxus—Gr. loxos, slanting.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of luxate in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of luxate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2


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