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femur

UK/ˈfiːmə(ɹ)/US/ˈfimɚ/
nounB2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #7,810 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: femurs

The femur is the long bone of the thigh. A broken femur, the femur joins the hip, measure the femur.

It is the longest and strongest bone in the body and takes several times body weight when you run. Breaking one in an older person is a serious event, and the risk of dying within a year after a hip fracture is high. The Latin means the thigh.

Anatomography · CC BY-SA 2.1 jp

Definitions of femur

  1. 1nounfemurThe long bone of the thigh.B2+

    “She broke her femur in a skiing accident and was on crutches for months.”

femur is a bone.

Where it comes from

Latin femur means the thigh. The word was taken directly into anatomy without change.

  1. Latin

    femur — thigh

  2. English, today

    femur

Latin femur (“thigh”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Dinosaurs & Prehistory

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femur in the wild

  • In many four-legged animals, the femur is the upper bone of the hindleg.

    Femur

  • In humans the femur is the largest and thickest bone in the body.

    Femur

  • The single bone in the thigh is called the femur.

    Thigh

  • The name derives from Latin four-headed muscle of the femur.

    Quadriceps

  • The bones of the popliteal fossa are the femur and the tibia.

    Popliteal fossa

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.