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单词 subluxation
释义

subluxation

/ˌsʌblʌkˈseɪʃ(ə)n /
noun Medicine
1A partial dislocation: a subluxation associated with a fracture [mass noun]: anterior subluxation...
  • Pain or apprehension about the feeling of impending subluxation or dislocation indicates anterior glenohumeral instability.
  • Sometimes the fracture occurs at the base and the carpometacarpal joint, and there is the possibility of an associated dislocation or subluxation of the joint.
  • Recurrent anterior subluxations can also follow an acute dislocation.
1.1A slight misalignment of the vertebrae, regarded in chiropractic theory as the cause of many health problems.Four out of five chiropractors in the Toronto area had found serious problems with Judy's spine - specifically subluxations that needed chiropractic treatment....
  • Vertebrae or facet joints can present subluxation or dislocate.
  • For example, when a bony joint in the spine, called a vertebra, is out of place, it is called a vertebral subluxation.

Derivatives

subluxate

verb

Origin

Late 17th century: from modern Latin subluxatio(n-) (see sub-, luxate).

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