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Definition: Coxa |
CoxaNoun1. The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "coxa" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
"Coxa" is a common misspelling or typo for: coax, coca, coda, coma. |
Synonyms: CoxaSynonyms: articulatio coxae (n), hip (n), hip joint (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Coxa |
| English words defined with "coxa": Trochantine. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Coxa" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Latin (cushion, hip, thigh), Portuguese (haunch, leg, thigh). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Coxa" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Coxa" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 7 | 133,076 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
coxa | 7 |
cintura coxa | 5 |
coxa valga | 4 |
coxa vara | 4 |
coxa magna | 4 |
cabaret coxa da | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "coxa"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | coxa vara infantum (coxa vara congenita sive infantum), coxa vara congenita (coxa vara congenita sive infantum), coxa valga luxans (coxa valga luxans, partial congenital dislocation of hip), coxa plana (coxa plana, osteochondritis of hip, Perthes disease), coxa magna idiopathica (coxa magna). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | coxa plana praecox (early coxa plana), coxa plana (coxa plana, osteochondritis of hip, Perthes disease), coxa magna (coxa magna). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | coxa-vara congénitale (coxa vara congenita sive infantum), coxa-valga luxante (coxa valga luxans, partial congenital dislocation of hip), coxa-plana précoce (early coxa plana), coxa-magna (coxa magna), Coxa plana (coxa plana), Caput planum (coxa plana), ostéochondrite de hanche (coxa plana), maladie de Legg-Perthes-Calvé (coxa plana), dysarthrose coxale d'origine fémorale (coxa magna). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Coxa vara congenita sive infantum (coxa vara congenita sive infantum), Coxa valga luxans (coxa valga luxans, partial congenital dislocation of hip), Coxa plana (coxa plana, osteochondritis of hip, Perthes disease), Coxa magna (coxa magna), Luxationsperthes (early coxa plana), Frühperthes (early coxa plana). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | κατάστασις που χαρακτηρίζεται από πλάτυνση της κεφαλής και του αυχένος του μηριαίου οστού (coxa magna), συγγενές νηπιακό ραιβό ισχίο (coxa vara congenita sive infantum), πρώιμος οστεοχονδρίτις του ισχίου (early coxa plana), οστεοχονδρίτιδα ισχίου (coxa plana, osteochondritis of hip, Perthes disease). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | coxa magna (coxa magna). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 股関節 (hip joint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "か"せつ (hip joint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oxacay disartrose coxal de origem femoral (coxa magna). (various references) coxa vara congénita (coxa vara congenita sive infantum), coxa valga luxans (coxa valga luxans, partial congenital dislocation of hip), coxa plana precoz (early coxa plana), coxa plana (coxa plana, osteochondritis of hip, Perthes disease), coxa magna (coxa magna). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "coxa": coxae, coxal, coxalgia, coxalgias, coxalgic, coxalgies, coxalgy. (additional references) | |
Words containing "coxa": fucoxanthin, fucoxanthins. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: coax. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-o-x" | |
-1 letter: cox, oca. | |
-2 letters: ax, ox. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-o-x" | |
+1 letter: coxae, coxal. | |
+2 letters: anoxic, axonic, boxcar, claxon, coaxal, coaxed, coaxer, coaxes, oxalic, oxcart. | |
+3 letters: boxcars, cashbox, chamoix, claxons, coalbox, coannex, coaxers, coaxial, coaxing, coteaux, coxalgy, exactor, exocarp, exotica, oxcarts, oxyacid, toxical. | |
+4 letters: acetoxyl, anorexic, anoxemic, cacomixl, carboxyl, chronaxy, couteaux, coxalgia, coxalgic, coxswain, exaction, exactors, exocarps, exogamic, matchbox, maxicoat, morceaux, oxidasic, oxyacids, saucebox, toxaemic, toxicant, xylocarp. | |
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