hip replacement

English

Noun

hip replacement (plural hip replacements)

1. A surgical procedure in which the hip joint is replaced by a prosthetic implant.

Related terms

• hip fracture

Translations

surgical procedure

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 髖關節置換術 / 髋关节置换术 (kuānguānjié zhìhuànshù), 股關節置換手術 / 股关节置换手术 (gǔguānjié zhìhuàn shǒushù)

• Finnish: lonkan tekonivelleikkaus
• Polish: proteza stawu biodrowego f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: reemplazo de cadera
• Turkish: kalça protezi ameliyatı

See also

• acetabuloplasty