Subluxation


noun, Medicine/Medical.
1.
a partial dislocation, as of a joint; sprain.

subluxation sub·lux·a·tion (sŭb’lŭk-sā’shən)
n.
Incomplete or partial dislocation, as of a bone in a joint.

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