Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In anatomy, pertaining to the os innominatum or coxa and to the femur: as, a coxofemoral articulation or ligament.
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Examples
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Complications that usually occur are rupture of the round (coxofemoral) ligament or fracture of the neck of the femur.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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Doesn't she pay any attention to your coxofemoral joints and limbs?
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Actions involving larger ranges of motion in the SI joint occur along with activation of other nearby joints (the lumbosacral, sacrocaudal, and coxofemoral joints) to generate locomotion.
TheHorse.com News 2009
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