A medical instrument used to measure the degree of stiffness or ankylosis in the hip joint.
Combines Latin 'coxa' (hip) and 'ankylos' (stiff/fused) with Greek 'metron' (measure), a highly technical term from 19th-century orthopedic medicine.
This word is so specialized that even modern doctors rarely use it—it represents the Victorian era's obsession with inventing precise measuring instruments for every possible medical condition.
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