Nélaton's dislocation

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[nālätôNz′]

Etymology: Auguste Nélaton, French surgeon, 1807-1873

a dislocation of the ankle in which the distal ends of the tibia and fibula are separated and the talus is forced upward between the tibia and fibula.

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