hip bone

noun

hip bone

noun

Etymology From hip (noun) + bone (noun).

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences One of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones, that together form the sides of the pelvis.

Related terms: hip fracture, hip joint, hip replacement

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