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hip joint
noun
- a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the innominate bone.
hip joint
noun
- the ball-and-socket joint that connects each leg to the trunk of the body, in which the head of the femur articulates with the socket (acetabulum) of the pelvis
Word History and Origins
Origin of hip joint1
Example Sentences
Using the updated dimensions, and his colleagues multiplied the length of the dinosaur’s foot by a factor of four, which gave them the rough length of the leg up the hip joint.
When you bend down to actually reach the ground, you have to be able to bend your hip joints forward.
Thanks to the design of its hip joints, its legs can move forward, backward, or side to side.
Cranes and derricks improved the human arm, ball bearings improved the hip joint, and eyeglasses improved the eye.
A hole developed, which had actually been caused by a breaking of a band of cartilage at the front of his hip joint.
A ball has entered above his hip-joint, and there is very little hope that he can recover.
Another tubercular condition is seen in the much dreaded hip-joint disease which parents should always be on the lookout for.
A tilted slab partly covered them, but the gravel in the hole was frozen and Deering's hip-joint hurt.
Several diseases and lesions of the hip-joint, and of the thigh, may also do the same, and should therefore be suspected.
Palming a wrench, he was swiftly loosening the main retaining nut on his hip joint.
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