Femur
noun
The large bone in the upper part of your leg.
She fell off her bike and broke her femur.
Often appears as...
- break one's femur
- fracture the femur
noun
The large bone in the upper part of your leg.
She fell off her bike and broke her femur.
Often appears as...
- break one's femur
- fracture the femur
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Anatomy Reference
Used often in medical or anatomical contexts to discuss leg injuries or surgeries.
The X-ray showed his femur was intact after the accident.
Pro Tip 2/3Injury Severity
A broken femur is considered a serious injury because it's a major bone.
Due to the severity of the broken femur, an ambulance was called immediately.
Pro Tip 3/3Scientific Contexts
Used in evolutionary biology to discuss human and animal skeletal structure.
The fossilized femur suggests that the dinosaur walked on two legs.
Pro Tip 1/3Anatomy Reference
Used often in medical or anatomical contexts to discuss leg injuries or surgeries.
The X-ray showed his femur was intact after the accident.
Pro Tip 2/3Injury Severity
A broken femur is considered a serious injury because it's a major bone.
Due to the severity of the broken femur, an ambulance was called immediately.
Pro Tip 3/3Scientific Contexts
Used in evolutionary biology to discuss human and animal skeletal structure.
The fossilized femur suggests that the dinosaur walked on two legs.
Pro Tip 1/3Anatomy Reference
Used often in medical or anatomical contexts to discuss leg injuries or surgeries.
The X-ray showed his femur was intact after the accident.
Pro Tip 2/3Injury Severity
A broken femur is considered a serious injury because it's a major bone.
Due to the severity of the broken femur, an ambulance was called immediately.
Pro Tip 3/3Scientific Contexts
Used in evolutionary biology to discuss human and animal skeletal structure.
The fossilized femur suggests that the dinosaur walked on two legs.
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Part Ape, Part Human:...
things are falling out of the wall and as I said that an archaeologist reached down to lift a rock and I said stop because sticking out of the back of it was the proximal femur the thigh bone of that juvenile hominid I couldn't believe it it would be something that never crossed my mind I promise you yet it
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The Smallest Bones in...
mineral rich and this makes them really hard but quite fragile this would be useless and something like our femur in our thigh because all that weight bearing and twisting it was simply shatter but whereas these little bones are protected deep with inside the skull
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Diver 'VANISHES' in...
Clues to pass life here and a first for the country of Belize scientists discovered several fossil beds around 60 to 90 feet below the surface including femur bones the size of a bowling ball they also found tusks and pelvic bones
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Safari Live - Day 154 PIPE...
found out maybe how you send us questions on Twitter hashtag Safari life Oh can always look up followers on the YouTube main stream and thank you for joining us yes I think mail APIs in general yes stronger than the femurs and
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Hunting for dinosaurs...
a place that had terrestrial sedimentary rocks of the right age, in a desert, a place that had been barely visited by paleontologists. And we found this. This is a femur, a thigh bone, of a giant, plant-eating dinosaur.
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Discovering Homo Naledi:...
It was not a skeleton. It was... more than one skeleton. By day two, we had three right femurs. I assure you, there is no primate in the world that has three right legs. As we would go, by the end of the first week
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Bruce Feiler: The...
He said, "I want to see you back here girls, at the end of this experience, covered in mud." Two weeks after my diagnosis, a biopsy confirmed I had a seven-inch osteosarcoma in my left femur.
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Mars Gets Ready for Its...
like shoot the moon what is it the dinosaur femur no nobody thinks that's going to happen uh it's just the environment has been too hostile for macroscopic life like on earth to be on
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Top 5 Nail-Biting...
you can hear the poor female oh kappa no no no like all the big femurs are running okay one baby's out this year the other one is here Wow
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Most Nail-Biting Moments...
you can hear this poor female okay no no no please all the big femurs are running
Video examples
Part Ape, Part Human:...
things are falling out of the wall and as I said that an archaeologist reached down to lift a rock and I said stop because sticking out of the back of it was the proximal femur the thigh bone of that juvenile hominid I couldn't believe it it would be something that never crossed my mind I promise you yet it
Video examples
The Smallest Bones in...
mineral rich and this makes them really hard but quite fragile this would be useless and something like our femur in our thigh because all that weight bearing and twisting it was simply shatter but whereas these little bones are protected deep with inside the skull
Video examples
Diver 'VANISHES' in...
Clues to pass life here and a first for the country of Belize scientists discovered several fossil beds around 60 to 90 feet below the surface including femur bones the size of a bowling ball they also found tusks and pelvic bones
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 154 PIPE...
found out maybe how you send us questions on Twitter hashtag Safari life Oh can always look up followers on the YouTube main stream and thank you for joining us yes I think mail APIs in general yes stronger than the femurs and
Video examples
Hunting for dinosaurs...
a place that had terrestrial sedimentary rocks of the right age, in a desert, a place that had been barely visited by paleontologists. And we found this. This is a femur, a thigh bone, of a giant, plant-eating dinosaur.
Video examples
Discovering Homo Naledi:...
It was not a skeleton. It was... more than one skeleton. By day two, we had three right femurs. I assure you, there is no primate in the world that has three right legs. As we would go, by the end of the first week
Video examples
Bruce Feiler: The...
He said, "I want to see you back here girls, at the end of this experience, covered in mud." Two weeks after my diagnosis, a biopsy confirmed I had a seven-inch osteosarcoma in my left femur.
Video examples
Mars Gets Ready for Its...
like shoot the moon what is it the dinosaur femur no nobody thinks that's going to happen uh it's just the environment has been too hostile for macroscopic life like on earth to be on
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Top 5 Nail-Biting...
you can hear the poor female oh kappa no no no like all the big femurs are running okay one baby's out this year the other one is here Wow
Video examples
Most Nail-Biting Moments...
you can hear this poor female okay no no no please all the big femurs are running
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Quote examples
Dave deBronkart
American Writer
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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Dustin Poirier
American Athlete
They had to re-shape the head of my femur back round. They had to trim my hip socket up a little bit. I had a lot of extra bone growth just from years of stressing it out. Because of that bone growth, it caused an impingement in my hip, which tore my labrum off the bone.
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Art Donovan
American Athlete
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.
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Robbie Amell
Canadian Actress
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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Donald Trump, Jr.
American Businessman
I've broken probably every major bone in my body. I currently have, in my body, fifteen pins and a plate. I've broken my femur, both wrists, both ankles - my left ankle twice. My tibia. Tore my rotator cuff.
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Dave deBronkart
American Writer
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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Dustin Poirier
American Athlete
They had to re-shape the head of my femur back round. They had to trim my hip socket up a little bit. I had a lot of extra bone growth just from years of stressing it out. Because of that bone growth, it caused an impingement in my hip, which tore my labrum off the bone.
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Art Donovan
American Athlete
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.
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Robbie Amell
Canadian Actress
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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Donald Trump, Jr.
American Businessman
I've broken probably every major bone in my body. I currently have, in my body, fifteen pins and a plate. I've broken my femur, both wrists, both ankles - my left ankle twice. My tibia. Tore my rotator cuff.
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