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Definition
the thigh bone (extending from the pelvis to the knee) which is the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton
- The surgeon watched him for a moment, then said, "A lung puncture, a deep concussion, a broken femur and a broken pelvis."Chapter 38 (82% in)
- We've pinned your femur—that's the big bone in your thigh.Chapter 38 (85% in)
- That afternoon, Dr. Ferguson came in with a strange nurse and took the stitches from the incision they had made to insert the intermedullary nail in Tom's femur.Chapter 39 (91% in)
There are no more uses of "femur" in When the Legends Die.
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