femur
Syllables: fe·murUK/ˈfiːmə(ɹ)/US/ˈfimɚ/
femur noun: a thighbone.
Noun
femur (plural femurs or femora)
- A thighbone.
- The middle segment of the leg of an insect, between the trochanter and the tibia.
- A segment of the leg of an arachnid.
femur meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
femur in Tamil
- தொடை எலும்பு, தொடையெலும்பு, துடை எலும்பு, துடைக்கண்டம்
femur in Urdu
- ران کی ہڈی
femur in Telugu
- femur or thighbone that extends from the pelvis to the knee in humans
- తొడయెముక toḍayemuka, తొడబొక్క toḍabokka
Examples of femur in a sentence
- The femur has a clean break and so should heal easily.
- The excavation turned up one small femur, one broken calva, and one jawbone.
- The patient had a non-traumatic fracture of the femur.
Forms of femur
| plural | femurs |
|---|---|
| plural | femora |
Origin of femur
Borrowed from Latin femur (“thigh”).
Words formed from femur
Phrases with femur
Words that rhyme with femur
Questions about femur
- What does femur mean?
- Femur means a thighbone.
- What is femur in Tamil?
- Femur in Tamil is தொடை எலும்பு, தொடையெலும்பு, துடை எலும்பு. See Femur meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is femur?
- Femur is a noun.
- How do you pronounce femur?
- Femur is pronounced /ˈfiːmə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of femur?
- The plural of femur is femurs.
Words near femur in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: femur (page history and authors); femur (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); femur (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); తొడబొక్క (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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