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Broke my femur on a cruise with my wife in Italy. I'd walked back to my cabin after dinner with half a plate of spaghetti when I leaned in to open the door. Turns out it was already open, so I fell flat on my face like something from the Keystone Kops.
Art Donovan

Meaning of "femur" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FEMUR

From Latin: thigh.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FEMUR

femur  [ˈfiːmə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FEMUR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Femur is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FEMUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Femur

The femur (/ˈfiːmər/) (pl. femurs or femora (/ˈfɛmərə/)), or thigh bone, is the most proximal (closest to the center of the body) bone of the leg in tetrapod vertebrates capable of walking or jumping, such as most land mammals, birds, many reptiles such as lizards, and amphibians such as frogs. In vertebrates with four legs such as dogs and horses, the femur is found only in the rear legs. The head of the femur articulates with the acetabulum in the pelvic bone forming the hip joint, while the distal part of the femur articulates with the tibia and patella forming the knee joint. By most measures the femur is the strongest bone in the body. The femur is also the longest bone in the body.

Definition of femur in the English dictionary

The first definition of femur in the dictionary is the longest thickest bone of the human skeleton, articulating with the pelvis above and the knee below Nontechnical name: thighbone. Other definition of femur is the corresponding bone in other vertebrates. Femur is also the segment of an insect's leg nearest to the body.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FEMUR


beamer
ˈbiːmə
bima
ˈbiːmə
blasphemer
blæsˈfiːmə
creamer
ˈkriːmə
dreamer
ˈdriːmə
edema
ɪˈdiːmə
emblema
ɛmˈbliːmə
Fukushima
ˌfuːkuːˈʃiːmə
Hiroshima
ˌhɪrɒˈʃiːmə
Kagoshima
ˌkæɡɒˈʃiːmə
Lima
ˈliːmə
pima
ˈpiːmə
Redeemer
rɪˈdiːmə
rima
ˈriːmə
schema
ˈskiːmə
screamer
ˈskriːmə
steamer
ˈstiːmə
streamer
ˈstriːmə
Tema
ˈtiːmə
thema
ˈθiːmə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FEMUR

feminisation
feminise
feminism
feminist
feministic
feminity
feminization
feminize
femme
femme de chambre
femme fatale
femmes de chambre
femmes fatales
femmier
femmiest
femmy
femora
femoral
femtosecond
fen

WORDS THAT END LIKE FEMUR

Amur
bemurmur
demur
flying lemur
friction murmur
heart murmur
murmur
Namur
remurmur
ring-tailed lemur
smur
testamur
Timur

Synonyms and antonyms of femur in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «femur» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FEMUR

Find out the translation of femur to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of femur from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «femur» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

股骨
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fémur
570 millions of speakers

English

femur
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फीमर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عظم الفخذ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бедра
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fêmur
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঊর্বস্থি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fémur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Femur
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Femur
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大腿骨
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대퇴골
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Femur
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xương đùi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொடை எலும்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मांडीचे हाड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

uyluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

femore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kość udowa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стегна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

femur
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μηριαίου οστού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

femur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lårben
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

femur
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of femur

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FEMUR»

The term «femur» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.372 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FEMUR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about femur

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3 QUOTES WITH «FEMUR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word femur.
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Robbie Amell
I've broken my wrist, dislocated toes and shoulders, gotten stitches, you name it. However, the worst was a severely bruised femur. I got body checked into an open gate while playing hockey. The doctor couldn't believe I didn't shatter my femur.
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Dave deBronkart
Diagnosed incidentally with stage IV, grade 4 metastatic renal cell carcinoma, I had bone metastases in my femur (which eventually fractured), ulna, and cranium; five metastases in my lungs; and muscle metastases in my thigh and tongue. Yet six months after diagnosis, my treatment ended: I've not had a drop of anything since.
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Art Donovan
Broke my femur on a cruise with my wife in Italy. I'd walked back to my cabin after dinner with half a plate of spaghetti when I leaned in to open the door. Turns out it was already open, so I fell flat on my face like something from the Keystone Kops.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FEMUR»

Discover the use of femur in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to femur and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fractures of the Proximal Femur: Improving Outcomes: Expert ...
Fractures of the Proximal Femur: Improving Outcomes, by Dr. James P. Waddell, helps you maximize clinical outcomes when addressing the challenges, complications, and treatment of patients with hip fractures.
James P. Waddell, 2010
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Heritability of Subtrochanteric Femur Shape (Platymeric ...
Platymeric Index (PI), the degree of anterior-posterior subtrochanteric flatness of the femur, has been used to study ancestry in human populations.
Matthew J. Kesterke, 2008
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Textbook of Orthopaedics and Trauma
Rinaldi E, Marenghi P, Negri V. Osteosynthesis with valgus osteotomy in the primary treatment of subcapital fractures of the neck of the femur. Ital J Orthop Traumatol. 1984;10:313-20. 10. Ross K. Leighton, Rockwood and Green's Fractures in ...
‎2009
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The Osteology of Infants and Children
1 I Left femur, anterior view, at approximate ages, left = 9 years, right = 1 5 years: a, diaphysis; b, head; c, greater trochanter; d, lesser trochanter e, distal epiphysis; f neck g, medial condyle; h, lateral condyle: i, fovea capitis; j. intercondylar ...
Brenda J. Baker, Tosha L. Dupras, Matthew W. Tocheri, 2005
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Surgical Treatment of Orthopaedic Trauma
Femur. Fractures. Figure 26–3 Medial peripatellar approach for retrograde intramedullary nailing of. PhilipJ. Kregor ... of supracondylar and supracondylar/ intercondylar femur fractures.6–9 These devices provided sufficient fixation to allow ...
James P. Stannard, Andrew H. Schmidt, 2011
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An Atlas of Closed Nailing of the Tibia and Femur
This comprehensive text describes how to undertake closed nailing of the tibia and femur and discusses the avoidance of complications.
Charles M Court-Brown, 1991
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Skelly & Femur
Skelly the skeleton girl and her dog Femur search for the many things that have suddenly gone missing in Skelly Manor.
‎2009
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Bone Densitometry in Clinical Practice: Application and ...
THE PROXIMAL FEMUR IN DENSITOMETRY Proximal Femur Anatomy The gross anatomy of the proximal femur is shown in Fig. 2-22A and B. In densitometry, the proximal femur has been divided into specific regions of interest. The proximal ...
Sydney Lou Bonnick, 2009
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Primate Anatomy: An Introduction
In Cercopithecidae the length of femur plus tibia is shorter than the length of the skeletal trunk length with one exception, namely, the proboscis monkey, Nasalis. New World monkeys show a modification of these proportions in the Atelinae, ...
Friderun Ankel-Simons, 2000
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Development of an Adaptive Three-dimensional Model of the ...
of the femur. It is interesting to note that in the experiments of Kim et al. and J asty et al., where strain did not decrease from proximal to distal, the distal end of the femur was constrained using a pinned support allowing the femur to freely rotate  ...
Christopher Robert Deuel, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FEMUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term femur is used in the context of the following news items.
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Top players defend McIlroy playing soccer, which led to ankle injury
Phil Mickelson broke his femur while skiing in Arizona in March 1994, missing three months' time, including his only Masters as a pro. He had ... «Yahoo Sports, Jul 15»
2
Mother sent to state prison for breaking baby daughter's limbs
Every three weeks there was a broken bone in the baby, the judge estimated, leading to fractures on her arms, both shins and a femur. "For the ... «lehighvalleylive.com, Jul 15»
3
Two people seriously injured in Kalamalka Lake crash
“The man received a broken pelvis as well as a broken femur, the woman also received leg and spinal injuries,” says Vernon RCMP ... «Globalnews.ca, Jul 15»
4
Homeless man who shot Albuquerque police officer gets prison
Golson suffered a broken femur and other injuries. The 31-year police veteran still is recovering from the shooting. Copyright 2015 The ... «KFDA, Jul 15»
5
Police call for witnesses
RACQ CQ Rescue was tasked at about 6am to the accident in which the woman sustained a fractured pelvis and femur, internal injuries, ... «Mackay Daily Mercury, Jul 15»
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Why Are There So Many Crashes in the 2015 Tour de France?
... the Tour after an early fall left him with broken ribs, and Cannondale-Garmin's Kiwi Jack Bauer, who fractured his femur in a separate fall. «Outside Magazine, Jul 15»
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Tragedy And Broken Bones Can't Dethrone King Giant, Virginia's …
In August 2011, King Giant's rhythm guitarist, David Kowalski, broke his femur while filming the music video for “Appomattox,” the first track on ... «WAMU 88.5, Jul 15»
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TMH Living Well: Is it time to consider hip replacement surgery?
However, the anterior approach does have some limitations, including difficulties preparing the femur, femur fractures, wound complications ... «Craig Daily Press, Jul 15»
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Understanding the Real Source of Back Pain
... the femur (thigh) or humerus (biceps), but unlike those bones, it is segmented, a bone in parts, and those parts are called vertebrae. That said ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Medic on war front discusses discovering Russian soldiers
Yerofeyev's main bone was broken; Aleksandr Aleksandrov, whom I later took to the operating room, had a broken left femur. I didn't have time ... «The Ukrainian Weekly, Jul 15»

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