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hip fracture

hip fracture noun: a break to the upper quarter of the femur (the femoral head or the femoral neck), impairing the hip joint.

Noun

hip fracture (plural hip fractures)

  1. A break to the upper quarter of the femur (the femoral head or the femoral neck), impairing the hip joint.

hip fracture meaning in Tamil

hip fracture in Tamil

இடுப்பு முறிவு

Forms of hip fracture

pluralhip fractures

Origin of hip fracture

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

Questions about hip fracture

What does hip fracture mean?
Hip fracture means a break to the upper quarter of the femur (the femoral head or the femoral neck), impairing the hip joint.
What is hip fracture in Tamil?
Hip fracture in Tamil is இடுப்பு முறிவு. See Hip fracture meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hip fracture?
Hip fracture is a noun.
What is the plural of hip fracture?
The plural of hip fracture is hip fractures.

Words near hip fracture in the dictionary

  1. hip dips
  2. hip dysplasia
  3. hip dysplasias
  4. hip flask
  5. hip flasks
  6. hip fracture
  7. hip fractures
  8. hip hip
  9. hip hip hoorah
  10. hip hip hooray
  11. hip hip hurrah

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hip fracture (page history and authors); hip fracture (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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