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luxate definition

lux·ate (luk′sāt′)

transitive verb luxated -·at′ed, luxating -·at′·ing

to put out of joint; dislocate

Etymology: < L luxatus, pp. of luxare, to dislocate < luxus, dislocated < IE base *leug-, to bend > lock, Gr loxos, slanting

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