coxalgia

American  

[kok-sal-jee-uh, -juh] / kɒkˈsæl dʒi ə, -dʒə /

Also coxalgy

noun

1. pain in the hip.

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coxalgia British  

/ kɒkˈsældʒɪə /

noun

1. pain in the hip joint

2. disease of the hip joint causing pain

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Other Word Forms

• coxalgic adjective

Etymology

Origin of coxalgia

First recorded in 1855–60; cox(a) + -algia

Example Sentences

Coccygodynia often resembles hysterical coxalgia or the hysterical arthritises, and seems sometimes to be due to the fact that there is a natural or traumatic abnormal mobility of the coccygeal vertebrae which, owing to concentration of attention, has developed into a neurosis analogous to the corresponding condition in a joint.

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In the experiments made on the men, he employed a more powerful proof, which was the application of moxa; and that he did, because it was indicated by a coxalgia, with which the patient was affected: it is a fact, says he, that the man did not awake, or show the slightest sensibility.

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Associated words: sciatic, ischial, ischiatic, coxalgia, acetabulum. hire, n. salary, wages, pay, stipend, remuneration, compensation.--v. engage; let, lease. hireling, a. mercenary, venal.--n. mercenary. hiss, n. sibilation, sibilance, hissing.--v. sibilate, whiz. hissing, a. sibilant, sibilatory. history, n. annals, chronicle, record, account; biography, autobiography.

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