hip-disease

A child with hip-disease uses crutches to walk.

Definition

1. Noun (Medicine): "hip-disease" refers to a pathological condition affecting the hip joint, historically and commonly associated with tuberculosis of the hip (tuberculous coxitis), causing pain, stiffness, and deformity.

Usage Examples

• (A medical condition involving the hip, often tubercular in origin.)
• (Historical context of the condition.)

Advanced Usage

• "hip-disease" (archaic): In older medical texts, the term was used broadly for any chronic hip ailment, not exclusively tuberculosis.
  • The surgeon specialized in treating hip-disease, including both infectious and degenerative forms. (General usage in historical medicine.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hip (n): the joint connecting the thigh to the pelvis.
  • She fell and injured her hip. (The anatomical structure.)
• Disease (n): a disorder of structure or function in an organism.
  • Heart disease is a leading cause of death. (General medical term.)

Synonyms

• Coxitis: inflammation of the hip joint, often specific to tuberculosis.
• Hip joint tuberculosis: the precise medical term for the infectious form.

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