Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Pain in or disease of the hip or hip joint.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In pathology, pain of the hip or haunch.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) Pain in the hip.

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  • noun pain in the hip

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[cox(a) + –algia.]

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From coxa +‎ -algia

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Examples

  • Margaret Gehier, who had suffered from coxalgia for seven-and-twenty years, whose hip was devoured by the disease, whose left knee was anchylosed, and who yet was suddenly able to fall upon her knees to thank the Blessed Virgin for healing her.

    The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 1 ��mile Zola 1871

  • Margaret Gehier, who had suffered from coxalgia for seven-and-twenty years, whose hip was devoured by the disease, whose left knee was anchylosed, and who yet was suddenly able to fall upon her knees to thank the Blessed Virgin for healing her.

    The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Lourdes, Rome and Paris ��mile Zola 1871

  • Margaret Gehier, who had suffered from coxalgia for seven-and-twenty years, whose hip was devoured by the disease, whose left knee was anchylosed, and who yet was suddenly able to fall upon her knees to thank the Blessed Virgin for healing her.

    The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Complete ��mile Zola 1871

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