ALL meanings of femur
fe·mur
F f - noun femur thigh bone 1
- noun plural femur 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. 1
- noun plural femur Zoology. a corresponding bone of the leg or hind limb of an animal. 1
- noun plural femur Entomology. the third segment of the leg of an insect (counting from the base), situated between the trochanter and the tibia. 1
- noun femur The bone of the thigh or upper hind limb, articulating at the hip and the knee. 1
- noun femur (anatomy) A thighbone. 0
- noun femur A segment of the leg of an insect or arachnid. 0
- countable noun femur Your femur is the large bone in the upper part of your leg. 0
- noun femur the longest thickest bone of the human skeleton, articulating with the pelvis above and the knee below 0
- noun femur the corresponding bone in other vertebrates 0
- noun femur the segment of an insect's leg nearest to the body 0
- noun femur the largest, longest, and heaviest bone in the body, extending from the hip to the knee; thighbone 0
- noun femur a long leg segment in various animals, connecting the leg to the body 0