hip joint

1. 1.

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

   Synonymshipcoxaarticulatio coxae

   Broaderball-and-socket joint

   Part ofthighpelvis

   Partsischium

Questions about hip joint

What does hip joint mean?

hip joint means "the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum".

What is another word for hip joint?

Close synonyms include hip, coxa, articulatio coxae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hip joint a common word?

hip joint is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.