luxation
English
Etymology
From Late Latin luxatio: compare French luxation.
Noun
luxation (countable and uncountable, plural luxations)
- The act of luxating, or the state of being luxated; a dislocation.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for luxation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Translations
the act of luxating or the state of being luxated — see dislocation
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin luxatio; synchronically analysable as luxer + -ation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lyk.sa.sjɔ̃/
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Further reading
- “luxation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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