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femur

noun as in thigh

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The results were awful: marked osteoporosis in the spine, hip, and femur.

One guy fell in front of me and broke his back in two places, both his feet, and his right femur.

In July 2008, I learned that I had a seven-inch cancerous tumor in my left femur.

The sudden cure of advanced paresis would be as much a miracle as the sudden replacing of a lost femur.

Let one part, that in the centre, form a "femur" (in Greek μηρὁς).

As an adaptation to saltation the tibia would elongate at the expense of the femur and the index would be more than 100.

The femur is short and curved, and the articular ends are disproportionately large as judged by modern standards.

It never shows the mark of the ligamentous attachment to the head of the femur, which is seen in Mammals.

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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to femur, such as: groin, flank, gammon, ham, hock, and loins.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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