hip fracture

English

Etymology

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

Noun

hip fracture (plural hip fractures)

  1. (medicine) A break to the upper quarter of the femur (the femoral head or the femoral neck), impairing the hip joint.
    Hypernym: femoral fracture<qq:often coordinate when reserved to femoral shaft fracture
    Coordinate term: pelvic fracture (fracture to the hip bone)
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