About the hip. The top of your femur and part of your pelvic bone meet to form your hip. A broken hip is usually a fracture in the upper portion of your femur, or thigh bone. A joint is a point where two or more bones come together, and the hip is a ball-and-socket joint. The ball is the head of the femur and the socket is the curved part of the pelvic bone, called the acetabulum.
Definition of deuteragonist. 1  1 : the actor taking the part of second importance in a classical Greek drama. 2  2 : a person who serves as a foil to another.
Medical Definition of DEUTERIUM. : an isotope of hydrogen that has one proton and one neutron in its nucleus and that has twice the mass of ordinary hydrogenâcalled also heavy hydrogen. an isotope of hydrogen that has one proton and one neutron in its nucleus and that has twice the mass of ordinary hydrogen âsymbol D âcalled also heavy hydrogen. See deuterium defined for kids. ADVERTISEMENT.