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subluxation
[ suhb-luhk-sey-shuhn ]
noun
- a partial dislocation, as of a joint; sprain.
Word History and Origins
Origin of subluxation1
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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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