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)

Related terms

• hip replacement