See Also: semiluxation(medicine)

factoid (iou) and semiluxation (medicine)


factoid (iou)



factoid noun & adjective. L20.
[from FACT + -OID.]
A. noun. An assumption or speculation that is reported and repeated so often that it becomes accepted as a fact; a simulated or imagined fact. L20.
b. adjective. That is a factoid; having the character of a factoid; containing factoids. L20.

semiluxation (medicine)


semiluxation -->
subluxation


The abnormal movement of one of the bones that comprise a joint. Not a true dislocation. A partial dislocation. An example of this would be radial head subluxation in the elbow (nursemaids elbow). Severe arthritis with advanced deformation of the joint space can result in subluxation.