Medical Humanities - Fine Arts - Sciences - Bioethics  
Word Ideas Roots Origins
Etymology - Mythology - History - Literature - Poetry
Search    
 
Go to the new Pandora Word Box

Coxa Coxal Coxalgia
Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)
Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ COXA      id+ | KINK  CURVE  BEND |
~ COXAL     id+ | pertaining to ROUND BODY AREAS |
                  see> HIP
                  see> HEEL
~ COXALGIA  id+ | HIP PAIN |
            note HIP IS CONTINUOUS WITH THE THIGH
  sp  QUIJA   = THIGH
  lat CATHERGA  BUTTOCK
  lat COXA      for
  eng  HIP      ROUND and HOOK LIKE also
       HEEL     same
  med> HIP pertains to the LATERAL BODY
       BETWEEN THE WAIST AND MID THIGH
  regarding the INNER or MEDIAL EDGE
  THE THIGH BEGINS BELOW THE PUBIC BONE
  or MONS VENERIS or VENEREAL MOUNT
  biol> HIPS ARE JOINT THAT ARTICULATE
        LIMBS WITH THE BODY
  med> COXA VARA or ADDUCTA ARE DEFORMITIES
       CAUSING THE THIGH TO BE DEVIATED
  TOWARD THE MIDLINE or VARA or
  AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE or COXA VALGA
  note CONGENITAL HIP or
       FEMORAL HEAD DISLOCATION
  IS A COMMON BIRTH DEFECT THAT CAN BE
  COMPLETELY CORRECTED IF AND ONLY IF
  RECOGNIZED EARLY WHICH REQUIRES SYSTEMATIC
  SCREENING FOR THIS CONGENITAL MALFORMATION
  continued see> HEEL
  continued see> HIP
  continued see> COITUS
  continued see> COXYGEAL
| Tags and Abbreviations Explained |


  01212096  
International Birth Defects Information Systems This site offers information mostly for educational purposes. This site is not intended to alter health care protocols nor to serve as a sole source of medical information. Always seek the advice of your local health care provider.

|| Home || About Us || Current Illustrated Overview || Word Search ||
|| Roster of Illustrated Overviews || Roster of "MedWord" & "Words" ||
|| Subscribe || Contact Us || Citation & Credit || Privacy Policy || Terms of Use ||
Add PandoraWordBox to any feed reader   Add PandoraWordBox to My Yahoo!   Add PandoraWordBox to Google   Add PandoraWordBox to My MSN
(MedWord.net) Linking Medicine and Biology with Humanities, Arts and Sciences