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subluxating

subluxating is the present participle and gerund of subluxate.

Meaning of subluxate

Verb

subluxate (third-person singular simple present subluxates, present participle subluxating, simple past and past participle subluxated)

  1. (transitive) To cause the subluxation of something: to partially dislocate or displace.
    • He subluxated the joint.
  2. (intransitive) To undergo subluxation: to become partially dislocated or displaced.
    • The tooth has been subluxated.

Questions about subluxating

What is subluxating the present participle and gerund of?
Subluxating is the present participle and gerund of subluxate.

Words near subluxating in the dictionary

  1. sublux
  2. subluxable
  3. subluxate
  4. subluxated
  5. subluxates
  6. subluxating
  7. subluxation
  8. subluxations
  9. subluxed
  10. subluxes
  11. subluxing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subluxating (page history and authors); subluxate (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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