thighbone

thighbone
The bone that extends from the pelvis to the knee in humans; the femur.

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  • thighbone — [thī′bōn΄] n. FEMUR: also thigh bone …   English World dictionary

  • thighbone —   Iwi hilo.     Throbbing in the thighbone, konikoni lua i ka iwi hilo (thrilled to the very depths) …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • thighbone — noun Date: 15th century femur 1 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • thighbone — /thuy bohn /, n. femur (def. 1). [1400 50; late ME the bane. See THIGH, BONE] * * * …   Universalium

  • thighbone — thigh|bone [ˈθaıbəun US boun] n the bone in the top part of a leg …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • thighbone — n. bone of the upper part of the leg, femur …   English contemporary dictionary

  • thighbone — thigh•bone [[t]ˈθaɪˌboʊn[/t]] n. anat. femur 1) • Etymology: 1400–50 …   From formal English to slang

  • thighbone — /ˈθaɪboʊn/ (say thuybohn) noun → femur …  

  • thighbone — noun the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑femur, ↑femoris • Derivationally related forms: ↑femoral (for: ↑femur) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Devarim (parsha) — Devarim, D’varim, or Debarim (דְּבָרִים Hebrew for “words,” the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parshah) is the 44th weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the first in the book of… …   Wikipedia

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