| NOUN | body | hip joint, hip, coxa, articulatio coxae | the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum |
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| Meaning | The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum. | |
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| Synonyms | hip, coxa, articulatio coxae | |
| Part of | pelvis, pelvic girdle, pelvic arch, hip | The structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates |
| thigh | The part of the leg between the hip and the knee | |
| Parts | ischium, ischial bone, os ischii | One of the three sections of the hipbone |
| Broader | ball-and-socket joint, spheroid joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, articulatio spheroidea | A freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone |
| Spanish | articulación de la cadera, articulatio coxae, cadera, coxal, coxa, coxofemoral | |
| Catalan | coxal, coxa, maluc | |
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