coxa

1. Anatomy. The hip or hip joint.
2. Zoology. The first segment of the leg of an insect or other arthropod, joining the leg to the body.

[Latin, hip.]

1. See hipbone.
2. See hip joint.

Pl. coxae [L.] the hip, loosely, the hip joint.

• c. plana — flattening of the head of the femur resulting from osteochondrosis of its epiphysis.
• c. valga — deformity of the hip joint with increase in the angle of inclination between the neck and shaft of the femur, producing a straighter bone.
• c. vara — deformity of the hip joint with decrease in the angle of inclination between the neck and shaft of the femur.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum
  Synonyms: hip, hip joint, articulatio coxae

Coxa may refer to:

• Chertan, a star
• Nickname of Brazilian soccer team Coritiba Foot Ball Club
• Hip, below the lateral side of the abdomen
• The short most-proximal base jointed segment of the arthropod leg

Both meanings came from Latin coxa = "hip".

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