LUXATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Displacement or misalignment of a joint or organ

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("luxation" is a kind of...):

displacement; shift (an event in which something is displaced without rotation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "luxation"):

subluxation (partial displacement of a joint or organ)

Derivation:

luxate (move out of position)

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