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subluxation

[ suhb-luhk-sey-shuhn ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.
  1. a partial dislocation, as of a joint; sprain.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of subluxation1

1680–90; from New Latin subluxātiōn-, stem of subluxātiō; sub-, luxation ( def )
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Example Sentences

And while he started each of the subsequent three games — at the time, the team only publicly described Ohtani’s injury as a shoulder subluxation — he went just one for 11 the rest of the way.

That part was true, with manager Dave Roberts describing Ohtani’s injury as a shoulder subluxation — a partial dislocation less severe than if it had been completely dislocated.

The initial diagnosis provided by manager Dave Roberts: a subluxation, or partial dislocation, of the left shoulder.

Roberts was calling Ohtani’s injury “a little left shoulder subluxation,” which translates into a partial dislocation.

According to Roberts, Ohtani sustained a shoulder subluxation, essentially a partial dislocation less severe than if his shoulder had fully come out of its socket.

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