Look up: Femur

1. Femur
   The femur is the thigh bone - the long bone in the upper part of the leg between the hip and the knee.
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2. Femur
   The femur is the thigh bone in the human leg.
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3. Femur
   Thigh bone.
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4. Femur
   Counting from the body, the third and usually the heaviest segment of an insect's leg.
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5. femur
   [n] - the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton
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6. Femur
   A bone of the leg situated between the pelvis and knee. It is the largest and strongest bone in the body.
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7. Femur
   The bone that runs from the hip to the knee - the thigh bone.
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8. Femur
   the bone located between the hip and the knee; the thighbone
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9. Femur
   Thigh bone; longest bone in the body.
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10. Femur
    Thighbone.
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11. Femur
    Femur: The femur is the bone in the leg that extends from the hip to the knee. The femur constitutes the upper leg, that part of the leg above the knee. As compared to the lower leg which boasts two bones (the tibia and the fibula), the upper leg has only one bone, the femur, but a very large bone it is, the largest in the human body. The word "fem …
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12. Femur
    Fe"mur (fē"mŭr) noun ; plural Femora (fĕm"o*rȧ). [ Latin thigh.] (Anat.) (a) The thigh bone. (b) The proximal segment of the hind limb containing the thigh bone; the thigh. See Coxa .
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13. femur
    <anatomy> The large bone in the thigh that articulates with the pelvis above and the knee below. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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14. femur
    thighbone noun the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee
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15. Femur
    The `femur` is the thigh bone. In humans, it is the longest, most voluminous, and strongest bone. The average human femur is 48 centimeters in length and 2.34 cm in diameter and can support up to 30 times the weight of an adult. It forms part of the hip (at the acetabulum) and part of the knee. The word `femur` is Latin for `thigh`. Theoretically in strict usage, `femur bone` is more proper than `femur`, as in classical Latin `femur` means `thig...
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16. Femur
    The `femur` is the thigh bone. In humans, it is the longest, most voluminous, and strongest bone. The average human femur is 48 centimeters in length and 2.34 cm in diameter and can support up to 30 times the weight of an adult. It forms part of the hip (at the acetabulum) and part of the knee. The word `femur` is Latin for `thigh`. Theoretically in strict usage, `femur bone` is more proper than `femur`, as in classical Latin `femur` means `thig...
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17. femur
    (fe´mәr) pl. fem´ora, femurs the thigh bone, extending from the pelvis to the knee. It is the longest and strongest bone in the body. Its upper end fits into the acetabulum, a cup-like cavity in the pelvic girdle. The two prominances on the upper end are called the greater and lesser trochanters. ...
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18. Femur
    • (n.) The proximal segment of the hind limb containing the thigh bone; the thigh. See Coxa. • (n.) The thigh bone.
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19. femur
    upper bone of the leg or hind leg. The head forms a ball-and-socket joint with the hip (at the acetabulum), being held in place by a ligament ... [10 related articles]
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20. femur
    femur (s), femora (pl); thigh bone, femoral bone 1. The long bone of the thigh, extending from the hip joint to the knee joint; the proximal bone in the hindlimb of vertebrates. 2. The thigh; regio femoralis.
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21. Femur
    The thigh; usually the stoutest segment of the spider's leg, articulated to the body through the trochanter and coxa and bearing the patella and remaining leg segments at its distal end.
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22. Femur
    (p1. Femora; adj. femoral) The third segment of the leg, counting from the body.
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23. femur
    The thigh bone, extending from the hip to the knee of four- and two-legged vertebrates, including humans. The femur is the largest, longest, and strongest bone of the human skeleton. Its rounded, smooth head fits into a socket in the pelvis called the acetabulum to form the hip joint (an example of ...
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