femur

Example Sentences

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Long bones such as ribs or femora are typically used, but they are not always preserved.

From Science Daily

A few days later, doctors performed surgery to replace her knee and repair her femur.

From The Wall Street Journal

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