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n. joint, joint of the hip

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Noun
1. the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum
(synonym) hip, hip joint, articulatio coxae
(hypernym) ball-and-socket joint, spheroid joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, articulatio spheroidea
(part-holonym) thigh
(part-meronym) ischium, ischial bone, os ischii

n. coxa, joint, joint of the hip

n. thigh, haunch, upper section of the leg between the knee and the hip

adj. hobbler, cripple, limper