hip joint
English Thesaurus
1. the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | articulatio spheroidea, ball-and-socket joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, spheroid joint, |
| definition | : | a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | ischial bone, ischium, os ischii, |
| definition | : | one of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium (noun.body) |
| part meronym | : | thigh, |
| definition | : | the part of the leg between the hip and the knee (noun.body) |
| part meronym | : | hip, pelvic arch, pelvic girdle, pelvis, |
| definition | : | the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates (noun.body) |
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