femur
Example Sentences
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Far out in the desert, the researchers gaped at the six-foot-long femur, the jaw, teeth, and base of the crest.
From Barron's
The new method, developed in the US, involved placing a lengthening nail - known as a motorised telescopic nail - on the surface of Alfie's femur, the long bone in the thigh.
From BBC
Researchers have so far recovered 49 bone pieces including a femur, vertebrae and ribs, it added.
From Barron's
"Mum tried to get to the bathroom in the night, slipped on water from a leak the hotel had already been told about, and fell. We later learned she'd broken her femur."
From BBC
An MRI eventually revealed that the top of his femur, or thigh bone, was near fracture.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
