English Explanatory Dictionary

hip fracture

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A break to the upper quarter of the femur (the femoral head or the femoral neck), impairing the hip joint.

Word forms

hip fracture hip fractures

Etymology

From hip + fracture, from being a fracture of the leg, located near, but below, the hip.

Related words

hip replacement
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