- thigh bone
- UK / US
noun [countable]
Word forms "thigh bone":
singular thigh bone plural thigh bonesa femur
English dictionary. 2014.
thigh bone
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thigh bone — noun The bone of the leg between the hip joint and the knee, the femur • • • Main Entry: ↑thigh * * * thigh bone UK US noun [countable] [singular thigh bone plural … Useful english dictionary
Thigh bone — Thigh Thigh (th[imac]), n. [OE. thi, [thorn]ih, [thorn]eh, AS. [thorn]e[ o]h; akin to OFries. thiach, D. dij, dije, OHG. dioh, thioh, Icel. [thorn]j[=o] thigh, rump, and probably to Lith. taukas fat of animals, tukti to become fat, Russ. tuke fat … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
thigh|bone — «THY BOHN», noun. the bone of the thigh between the hip and the knee; femur … Useful english dictionary
Thigh bone — The thigh bone in anatomy is called the femur. Whichever term you care to use thigh bone or femur, it is the bone in the leg that extends from the hip to the knee. The thigh bone/femur constitutes the upper leg, that part of the leg above the… … Medical dictionary
thigh·bone — /ˈθaıˌboʊn/ noun, pl bones [count] : the long bone in the upper part of the leg : ↑femur … Useful english dictionary
thigh bone — noun the femur … English new terms dictionary
thigh-bone — n. Femur … New dictionary of synonyms
thigh bone — femur … The new mediacal dictionary
thigh-bone — … Useful english dictionary
Bone marrow — Simplified illustration of cells in bone marrow. Latin medulla ossium Code TA … Wikipedia
