Surg. [mod.L., f. Gr. λοξ-ός oblique + ἄρθρον joint. Cf. F. loxarthre.] (See quot.)

1

1822–34.  Good’s Study Med. (ed. 4), III. 237. Loxarthrus in surgery, an obliquity of a joint of any kind, without spasm or luxation.

2