coxa
/ˈkɑksə/
noun
- The hip joint or the hip region of the body.
- The doctor examined the patient's coxa for signs of arthritis.
- In anatomy class, we learned that the coxa connects the femur to the pelvis.
- She felt a sharp pain in her left coxa after the long run.
- The basal segment of the leg of an insect or other arthropod.
- The coxa of a grasshopper is the short segment closest to its body.
- Each insect leg begins with a coxa that allows movement in multiple directions.
- Under the microscope, the coxa of the beetle showed tiny hairs.
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