hip fracture
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English
Etymology
From hip + fracture, from being a fracture of the leg, located near, but below, the hip.
Noun
hip fracture (plural hip fractures)
- (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)