hip joint

noun

: the articulation between the femur and the hip bone

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The deep squat stretches all areas of the hip joint and also mobilizes your knee and ankle joints. Jakob Roze, Health, 19 Aug. 2025 Artificial knee, hip joints and other body parts (HS code 9021), with 51.64% of the total $8.06 billion imported from the world through May coming from the European Union. Ken Roberts, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025 That device, however, boosts strength at the hip joints, using motors to lift and push the legs forward at the tops/backs of the thighs. Ben Coxworth july 23, New Atlas, 23 July 2025 Certainly, this can happen, but more often the hip joint breaks which causes the fall. Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for hip joint

Word History

First Known Use

1615, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hip joint was in 1615

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“Hip joint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hip%20joint. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.

Medical Definition

hip joint

noun
: the ball-and-socket joint comprising the articulation between the femur and the hip bone

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