Definitions for femur

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femur fe·mur

Spelling: [fee-mer]

IPA: /ˈfi mər/

Femur is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 46 anagrams from letters in femur (efmru).

Definitions for femur

noun

1. 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.
2. Zoology. a corresponding bone of the leg or hind limb of an animal.
3. Entomology. the third segment of the leg of an insect (counting from the base), situated between the trochanter and the tibia.

Origin of femur

1555-65; Latin: thigh

Examples for femur

The length of the femur, two-thirds of which represent the depth of the seat.

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

The femur of the Brachiosaurus exceeded six feet; this must have been the greatest of them all.

That the patella and articular surface of the femur are healthy.

The neck of the femur is shortened and its angle diminished.

Fulcrant: the trochanter when continued along the femur, as in Carabids.

Pregenicular: in Orthoptera, that portion of femur proximad the knee.

Gonytheca: articulating surface of femur to which the tibia is joined.

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

She bit off his left front tarsus and consumed the tibia and femur.