Diseases

Hip Osteoarthritis

Noninflammatory degenerative disease of the hip joint which usually appears in late middle or old age. It is characterized by growth or maturational disturbances in the femoral neck and head, as well as acetabular dysplasia. A dominant symptom is pain on weight-bearing or motion.

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Abstract

Noninflammatory degenerative disease of the hip joint which usually appears in late middle or old age. It is characterized by growth or maturational disturbances in the femoral neck and head, as well as acetabular dysplasia. A dominant symptom is pain on weight-bearing or motion.

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Synonyms

6 entry terms
  • Coxarthrosis
  • Osteoarthritis Of Hip
  • Osteoarthritis of the Hip
  • Osteoarthritis, Hip
  • Coxarthroses
  • Osteoarthritis Of Hips

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Previous Indexing

  • Hip (1966-1988)
  • Hip Joint (1966-1988)
  • Osteoarthritis (1966-1988)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hip Osteoarthritis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015207. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015207
  2. Hip Osteoarthritis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q452368