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femur

[fee-mer] / ˈfi mər /
NOUN
thigh
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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

A surgery on a broken femur was scheduled for later.

From Seattle Times

From her hospital bed where she's undergone multiple surgeries for a broken femur, she apologized profusely to her coach for missing their final practice.

From Fox News

From her hospital bed where she’s undergone multiple surgeries for a broken femur, she apologized profusely to her coach for missing their final practice.

From Seattle Times

Two years ago, while walking, I fell — bam! — on my right knee, shattering my femur against the artificial knee I’d had installed five years earlier.

From Washington Post