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1. (n.) femur
the long upper bone of the hind leg of vertebrates, extending from the pelvis to the knee; thighbone.
2. femur
the often enlarged third segment of an insect leg, between the trochanter and the tibia.
Etymology: (1555–65; < L: thigh)
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| Definition of 'femur' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) femur, thighbone, femoris
the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) femur
the thigh bone
2. (noun) femur
the proximal segment of the hind limb containing the thigh bone; the thigh. See Coxa
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| Definition of 'femur' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. femur
The longest and largest bone of the skeleton, it is situated between the hip and the knee.
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Sense: the thigh bone.
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 Afrikaans: femur, dybeen |
 Arabic: عَظْم الفَخْذ |
 Bulgarian: бедро |
 Brazilian: fêmur |
 Czech: stehenní kost |
 German: der Oberschenkelknochen |
 Danish: lårbensknogle; lårben |
 Greek: μηριαίο οστό |
 Spanish: fémur |
 Estonian: reieluu |
 Farsi: استخوان ران |
 Finnish: reisiluu |
 French: fémur |
 Hebrew: עֶצֶם הַיָרֵך |
 Hindi: जांघ की हड्डी |
 Croatian: bedrena kost |
 Hungarian: combcsont |
 Indonesian: tulang paha |
 Icelandic: lærleggur |
 Italian: femore |
 Japanese: 大腿骨 |
 Korean: 대퇴골 |
 Lithuanian: šlaunikaulis |
 Latvian: augšstilba kauls |
 Malay: femur |
 Dutch: dijbeen |
 Norwegian: lårbein |
 Polish: kość udowa |
 Persian: استخوان ران |
 Pashto: دورانه غټ هډوكى |
 Portuguese: fémur |
 Romanian: femur |
 Russian: бедро |
 Slovak: stehnová kosť |
 Slovenian: stegno |
 Serbian: butna kost |
 Swedish: lårben |
 Thai: กระดูกโคนขา |
 Turkish: kalça kemiği |
 Taiwanese: 股骨 |
 Ukrainian: стегно |
 Urdu: ران کی ہڈی |
 Vietnamese: xương đùi |
 Chinese: 股骨 |
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