Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hip_joint

1 sense of hip joint

Sense 1
hip, hip joint, coxa, articulatio coxae -- (the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum)
       => ball-and-socket joint, spheroid joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, articulatio spheroidea -- (a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone)