Femur

/ˈfiːmə(ɹ)/

Synonyms for "femur" (12 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
bone landmarks of femurbone of thighfemoral bone

Strong matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
femoral landmarksfemorisfemur subregions

Related words (6)

Noun(6 words)
femursleg bonethigh bonethighbonethighbonesupper leg bone

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

6 entries
anatomical landmarksbonebone landmarksleg bonelong bonestructural bone

More specific

11 entries
distal condyledistal femur fracturefemoral condylefemoral headfemoral neckfemoral shaftfemur fracturegreater trochanterlesser trochanterproximal femur fractureshaft fracture

Collocations

6 entries
distal femurfemoral headfemoral neckfemoral shaftfemur fractureproximal femur

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

1 entries

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The human femur is tougher than concrete.

Source: tatoeba (3680820)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry broke his right femur in a cycling accident Sunday in France.

Source: tatoeba (4242260)

The femoral head is a round knob of bone at the top of the femur, also known as the thigh bone.

Source: tatoeba (8430495)

Tom broke his femur.

Source: tatoeba (11078862)

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