femur
A thighboneA thighbone.
» The human femur is tougher than concrete.
Meaning
3 sensesA thighbone.
The middle segment of the leg of an insect, between the trochanter and the tibia.
Femur
бедро́bedró
A segment of the leg of an arachnid.
- the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee
Examples
5 sentencesThe human femur is tougher than concrete.
Tom broke his femur.
The femoral head is a round knob of bone at the top of the femur, also known as the thigh bone.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry broke his right femur in a cycling accident Sunday in France.
ruВ воскресенье генеральный секретарь США Джон Керри, находясь во Франции, в результате падения с велосипеда сломал правую бедренную кость.
The scientists say they unearthed two enormous vertebrae and a femur, or thigh bone, of a plant-eating sauropod species called Alamosaurus.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin femur (“thigh”).Borrowed from Latin femur (“thigh”).
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Forms
plural: femurs / femoraSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular