hip joint

noun

1. a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the innominate bone.

hip joint

noun

1. 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

First recorded in 1785–95

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.

From Popular-Science

When you bend down to actually reach the ground, you have to be able to bend your hip joints forward.

From Popular-Science

Thanks to the design of its hip joints, its legs can move forward, backward, or side to side.

From Singularity Hub 

Cranes and derricks improved the human arm, ball bearings improved the hip joint, and eyeglasses improved the eye.

From The Daily Beast

A hole developed, which had actually been caused by a breaking of a band of cartilage at the front of his hip joint.

From The Daily Beast

A ball has entered above his hip-joint, and there is very little hope that he can recover.

From Project Gutenberg

Another tubercular condition is seen in the much dreaded hip-joint disease which parents should always be on the lookout for.

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A tilted slab partly covered them, but the gravel in the hole was frozen and Deering's hip-joint hurt.

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Several diseases and lesions of the hip-joint, and of the thigh, may also do the same, and should therefore be suspected.

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Palming a wrench, he was swiftly loosening the main retaining nut on his hip joint.

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