femur
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- noun
- /ˈfiːmər/
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fémur
- The doctor explained that the femur is the longest bone in the human body, connecting the hip to the knee.
- tibia and femur
- proximal femur
- strength of the femur
Your pelvis won't rotate on your femurs the same amount.
- Your pelvis won't rotate on your femurs the same amount.
- So and then on this end, this end of the femur is connected to your tibia and it makes your knee.
- And so the femur, as you know, has a head and neck on it.
- And I had really, really severe injuries, head injuries, compound fracture of the femur, massive breaks all over, right.
- There wasn't enough femur to to to be able to support or tie on to a prosthetic.
- The third guy, the Pakistani policeman told me he shot him through the leg, right through the center of his femur.
- Another colossus, the Brontosaurus, had femur bones the width of tree trunks, and yet it still didn't scrape the sky.
- But perhaps you prefer the idea of ice over fire than maybe the emerging practice of one time I flexed my muscles so hard I broke my femur.
- I wanted to be a medic and I broke my femur the weekend before I was supposed to report for the Delta course racing motocross.
Examples
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Right in the thigh, splintered my femur bone like it was rotten bamboo.
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And the ball of the femur fits into a cup in the pelvis.
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And so the femur, as you know, has a head and neck on it.
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And they had to pull my leg so that my femur would be straight.
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And then the bottom of your femur is really, really big too.
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You see this here femur bone?
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Uh, a splint to secure the femur.
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The girl fractured her own femur.
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You see a metal ball that is attached to the femur, and this ball fits into this socket.
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Tell the OR that the compound fracture to the left femur is on its way up.
Synonyms
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The long thick bone in the thigh that goes from the hip to the knee
Surface Forms
Etymology
Femur comes from the Latin word femur, which simply means 'thigh'. So the femur is the long, strong bone that runs from the hip to the knee and supports the leg.