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luxate

/ˈlʌk.seɪt/

luxate verb: to dislocate; to displace a body part.

Verb

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

  1. To dislocate; to displace a body part.
    • If in cases of difficulty you have recourse to this means, luxate downwards as far as half the dorsopalmar diameter, and then vice versa.1863, Stephen Smith, Hand-book of Surgical Operations, page 97

Adjective

luxate (comparative more luxate, superlative most luxate)

  1. Dislocated.

luxate meaning in Kannada

luxate in Kannada

ಕಳಚು, ಬಿಡಿಸು, ಸ್ಥಳಾಂತರಿಸು, ಸ್ಥಳತಪ್ಪಿಸು, ಬಂಧವನ್ನು ಸಡಿಲಿಸು

Forms of luxate

Verb
third-person singular presentluxates
present participleluxating
past participleluxated
pastluxated
Adjective
comparativemore luxate
superlativemost luxate

Origin of luxate

From Latin luxātus (“dislocated”) perfect passive participle of lū̆xō (“to dislocate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more.

From Latin luxātus (“dislocated”), see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.

Words formed from luxate

Questions about luxate

What does luxate mean?
Luxate means to dislocate; to displace a body part.
What is luxate in Kannada?
Luxate in Kannada is ಕಳಚು, ಬಿಡಿಸು, ಸ್ಥಳಾಂತರಿಸು. See Luxate meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is luxate?
Luxate can be a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce luxate?
Luxate is pronounced /ˈlʌk.seɪt/.
What is the past tense of luxate?
The past tense of luxate is luxated.

Words near luxate in the dictionary

  1. Luwiya
  2. luwombo
  3. lux
  4. Lux.
  5. luxabendazole
  6. luxate
  7. luxated
  8. luxates
  9. luxating
  10. luxation
  11. luxations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: luxate (page history and authors); luxate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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