a break near the top of your thighbone (femur) where it angles into
a break of the upper thighbone (femur), the bone that fits into the hip socket
a break or crack in the hip bone
a broken bone near the top of the femur or thigh bone
a broken bone of the hip usually caused by some traumatic episode
a debilitating bone break that tends to occur in the senior years and is more common among smokers
a fracture of the proximal femur, ordinarily at the neck or ball
a fracture of the upper portion of the femur
a severe break of the femur (see figure below)
Broken bone in the hip, a key health problem among the elderly, usually due to a fall or other kind of trauma involving direct impact to the hip bone which has been weakened by osteoporosis . The part of the hip most often broken is the greater trochanter (the knobby end) of the femur (the thigh bone). See the entire definition of Hip fracture
A hip fracture is a fracture in the proximal end of the femur (the long bone running through the thigh), near the hip joint.