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subluxation
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subluxation [‚səb·lək′sā·shən]
(medicine)
An incomplete dislocation.
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The knee gives way and upon further questioning, the knee gives way when cutting away from the affected side; that is, the femur is internally rotated on a tibia that is held in external rotation by the foot, allowing the patella to subluxate laterally.
The patellofemoral joint by Henry, Jack / Southern Medical Journal
 
 
 
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