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femur

noun as in thigh

Strongest match

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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.

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

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He explained that the remains would have been mixed together and that an infant's femur - the body's largest bone - is only the size of an adult's finger.

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The paramedics explained Antonio was discovered on the back seat of the car and "quickly assessed" to have had fractured his femur.

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The head of the newly-opened Syrian Identification Centre is standing next to two tables, covered in femurs.

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

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