luxate

From Latin luxātus, from luxō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʌk.seɪt/

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luxate (third-person singular simple present luxates, present participle luxating, simple past and past participle luxated)

1. To dislocate.
   • 1863, Stephen Smith, Hand-book of Surgical Operations‎, page 97:

     If in cases of difficulty you have recourse to this means, luxate downwards as far as half the dorsopalmar diameter, and then vice versa.

• luxating patella

luxate (comparative more luxate, superlative most luxate)

1. Dislocated.