Collocations with "hip"

a medical operation to replace a hip joint

One of the two large bones that form the pelvis.

Describes rounded and shapely hips on a person.

Refers to the joint connecting the leg to the pelvis.

A break in the upper quarter of the femur bone.

The cup-shaped socket in the pelvis into which the head of the femur fits.

A deformity of the hip.

describes a broken hip

describing a person with wide hips

when the head of the thighbone (femur) slips out of its socket in the hip bone

a hip showing a bruise, often from a fall or impact

The measurement around the widest part of the hips.

Refers to the wider hips of a woman, considered suitable for childbirth. Often used in plural form 'childbearing hips'.