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femur
[ fee-mer ]
noun
- Anatomy. a bone in the human leg extending from the pelvis to the knee, that is the longest, largest, and strongest in the body; thighbone.
- Zoology. a corresponding bone of the leg or hind limb of an animal.
- Entomology. the third segment of the leg of an insect (counting from the base), situated between the trochanter and the tibia.
femur
/ ˈfiːmə /
noun
- the longest thickest bone of the human skeleton, articulating with the pelvis above and the knee below Nontechnical namethighbone
- the corresponding bone in other vertebrates
- the segment of an insect's leg nearest to the body
femur
/ fē′mər /
- The long bone of the thigh or of the upper portion of the hind leg.
- See more at skeleton
Word History and Origins
Origin of femur1
Word History and Origins
Origin of femur1
Example Sentences
The results were awful: marked osteoporosis in the spine, hip, and femur.
One guy fell in front of me and broke his back in two places, both his feet, and his right femur.
In July 2008, I learned that I had a seven-inch cancerous tumor in my left femur.
The sudden cure of advanced paresis would be as much a miracle as the sudden replacing of a lost femur.
Let one part, that in the centre, form a "femur" (in Greek μηρὁς).
As an adaptation to saltation the tibia would elongate at the expense of the femur and the index would be more than 100.
The femur is short and curved, and the articular ends are disproportionately large as judged by modern standards.
It never shows the mark of the ligamentous attachment to the head of the femur, which is seen in Mammals.
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