Meaning

2 senses
  1. A joint formed where the pelvic acetabulum and the head of the femur meet.

    Total hip replacement is a surgical procedure in which the hip joint is replaced with an artificial one.

    Hüftgelenk

    the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hip, joint; for example, hip joint, "cool establishment".

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Two years ago, the patient obtained an artificial hip joint.

  2. Pain over the hip joint could mean bursitis.

Translations

3 languages
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By meaning 1
a joint where the pelvic acetabulum and the femur meet:

Forms

plural: hip joints
Singularhip joint
Pluralhip joints

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum:hipcoxaarticulatio coxae

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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