Definition

A type of pain that occurs in the hip or hip joint.

Example

After the fall, she experienced severe coxalgia that made it difficult to walk.

Conversation

I’ve been feeling some weird pain in my hip lately.

That sounds uncomfortable! Have you seen a doctor about it?

Not yet, but I’m worried it might be coxalgia or something similar.

Definitely get it checked out; hip pain can be tricky.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Root Explanation

Coxalgia is formed from "cox" (from Greek "koxa", meaning hip) and "algia" (from Greek "algos", meaning pain). The word refers to pain in the hip region.

Memory Tip

Think of 'hip' ('cox') and 'pain' ('algia') to remember that coxalgia means pain in the hip.

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