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
   Thigh bone.
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3. Femur
   Counting from the body, the third and usually the heaviest segment of an insect's leg.
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4. femur
   [n] - the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton
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5. 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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6. Femur
   The bone that runs from the hip to the knee - the thigh bone.
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7. Femur
   the bone located between the hip and the knee; the thighbone
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8. Femur
   Thigh bone; longest bone in the body.
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9. Femur
   Thighbone.
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10. 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 i...
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11. 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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12. 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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13. femur
    thighbone noun the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee
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14. 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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15. 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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16. 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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17. 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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18. 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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19. Femur
    (p1. Femora; adj. femoral) The third segment of the leg, counting from the body.
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20. femur
    femur (fē'mur) : see leg.
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21. Femur
    The femur is the thigh bone in the human leg. The femur is the longest bone in the human body. Its head which is large and round, fits into the cavity called the acetabulum in the innominate bone and forms a ball-and- socket joint.
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22. femur
    Type: Term Pronunciation: fē′mŭr, fem′ŏ-ris, -ă Definitions: 1. The long bone of the thigh, articulating with the hip bone proximally and the tibia and patella distally. Synonyms: thigh, os femoris, thigh bone
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23. femur
    The longest and strongest bone of the human body; also the upper bone in the hind limb of a four-limbed vertebrate. The thigh-bone has a rounded head which articulates with the hip bone. The neck of the bone joining the head to the main shaft is a common site for fracture in elderly people. The bone has two large condyles (knuckles) on ...
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24. femur
    the third leg or pedipalpal segment from the base. The femur is the first long segment. On the pedipalp, the femur bears trichobothria, setae, and carinae of taxonomic importance.
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25. Femur
    Thigh bone. Extends from hip to stifle.
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