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femur
[ fee-mer ]
noun
plural femurs, femora
- Anatomy. a bone in the human leg extending from the pelvis to the knee, that is the longest, largest, and strongest in the body; thighbone.
- Zoology. a corresponding bone of the leg or hind limb of an animal.
- Entomology. the third segment of the leg of an insect (counting from the base), situated between the trochanter and the tibia.
femur
/ 藞蹿颈藧尘蓹 /
noun
- the longest thickest bone of the human skeleton, articulating with the pelvis above and the knee below Nontechnical namethighbone
- the corresponding bone in other vertebrates
- the segment of an insect's leg nearest to the body
femur
- The long bone of the thigh or of the upper portion of the hind leg.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of femur1
1555鈥65; < Latin: thigh
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of femur1
C18: from Latin: thigh
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"I shattered my femur bone in four different places," he says.
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Tang suffered a left femur injury as a result of the attack and had to have surgery and take time off work to recover, according to the complaint.
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She has a pacemaker to regulate her heart rate and is recovering from a broken femur after falling in the Ulster Hospital.
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Thursday: Another human leg and a femur washed up near the same place.
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She was not injured and he needed medical attention for a broken femur, according to the family鈥檚 GoFundMe account.
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