HyperDic: luxate

English > 1 sense of the word luxate:
VERBchangeluxate, dislocate, splay, slipmove out of position
English > luxate: 1 sense > verb 1, change
MeaningMove out of position.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Example "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"
Synonymsdislocate, splay, slip
Broadermove, displaceCause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Spanishdislocar, luxar
Catalandislocar
Nounsluxationdisplacement or misalignment of a joint or organ

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