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ARTICULATIO COXAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does articulatio coxae mean? 

ARTICULATIO COXAE (noun)
  The noun ARTICULATIO COXAE has 1 sense:

1. the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulumplay

  Familiarity information: ARTICULATIO COXAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ARTICULATIO COXAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

articulatio coxae; coxa; hip; hip joint

Hypernyms ("articulatio coxae" is a kind of...):

articulatio spheroidea; ball-and-socket joint; cotyloid joint; enarthrodial joint; enarthrosis; spheroid joint (a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone)

Meronyms (parts of "articulatio coxae"):

ischial bone; ischium; os ischii (one of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium)

Holonyms ("articulatio coxae" is a part of...):

thigh (the part of the leg between the hip and the knee)

hip; pelvic arch; pelvic girdle; pelvis (the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates)


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