Definition of "subluxation" []

• Incomplete or partial dislocation of a bone in a joint. (noun)

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• "If a chiropractor says that a subluxation is the cause of your problem, then you should be able to gauge the steady, systematic decline of a subluxation."
• "I would love for people to know the word subluxation and think of it as heart disease because it's just as damaging. ""
• "Most chiropractors relinquished whatever ethical integrity they might have had when they bought into the "subluxation" myth, and the field as a whole has a fine tradition of "practice building.""