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Luxated vs Lunated - What's the difference?

luxated | lunated |

As a verb luxated

is past tense of luxate.

As an adjective lunated is

lunate; crescent-shaped.

luxated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (luxate)

    • luxate

    English

    Verb

  • To dislocate
  • *{{quote-book, 1863, , Hand-book of Surgical Operations citation
    • , passage=If in cases of difficulty you have recourse to this means, luxate downwards as far as half the dorsopalmar diameter, and then vice versa .}}

    Derived terms

    *luxating patella

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • luxated; dislocated

    • lunated

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • lunate; crescent-shaped