femur

Example Sentences

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Mason, now 18, was taken to hospital with a suspected broken femur, and his friend's mum suffered a broken ankle.

From BBC

She said that, because of the rampant theft of some of the femurs, tibias and skulls in the past, the bones were now cemented together.

From Barron's

You can see that he’s a tad lopsided on the left side, presumably because Victor couldn’t find matching femurs.

From Los Angeles Times

George feels it's helped him stay mobile since recovering from a leg-lengthening operation where a nail was put through his femur bone, after he was born with one leg shorter than the other.

From BBC

The body’s largest bone is the femur – the thigh bone.

From BBC