Get to know Femur better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like thighbone or femoris.
Femur meaning
- 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.
Using Femur
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: thighbone, femoris, leg bone.
- In the example corpus, femur often appears in combinations such as: the femur, broken femur, femur and.
Context around Femur
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 14 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Femur
- In this selection, "femur" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, broken, left, fractured, compared, knee and dislocated stand out and add context to how "femur" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a broken femur and a broken femur and a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "femur" sits close to words such as abdicate, adapters and adores, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with femur
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
On the Gist, lengthening your femur. (6 words)
Wally's fractured femur compared to his healthy femur. (9 words)
Above the knee: femur, knee: patella, below the knee: tibia, fibula. (11 words)
The operation on Mr Jackson’s femur, which was required to save his life, led to a great loss of blood and consequently myocardial ischemia which resulted in organ failure and ultimately his death, the court was told. (38 words)
A 15-year-old girl suffered a spinal fracture and was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in critical condition, officials said, along with a 16-year-old girl in good condition with a broken femur. (36 words)
As a result of the road rage attack, Scott was left with three fractured bones in her neck, a broken femur, multiple broken ribs, a lacerated liver, and a fractured back, according to the GoFundMe page. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Wally's fractured femur compared to his healthy femur.
Above the knee: femur, knee: patella, below the knee: tibia, fibula.
Dalton suffered a broken right foot, a broken left femur and left hip, a broken pelvis, several broken ribs, two broken hands, and a traumatic brain injury.
Finlay Webber, aged 23, was left in a coma following surgery for a broken femur, dislocated hip, and head trauma.
He had an operation to remove his femur and replace it with titanium, as well as chemotherapy, but the cancer returned at the end of 2021.
He was soon airlifted to Eastern Maine Medical Center and treated for a broken femur.
Inspector Morrow said the woman suffered a broken femur which would require surgery, as well as other minor injuries.
She died from her injuries, including fractures to the shoulder and femur, six days later.
That crash resulted in a broken femur and a severe concussion, she said.
The operation on Mr Jackson’s femur, which was required to save his life, led to a great loss of blood and consequently myocardial ischemia which resulted in organ failure and ultimately his death, the court was told.
The youngster was found to have multiple rib, collarbone and femur fractures as well as severe trauma to the side of her head after she died on March 1 2020, Staffordshire Police said.
A 15-year-old girl suffered a spinal fracture and was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in critical condition, officials said, along with a 16-year-old girl in good condition with a broken femur.
A medical cause of death has been provided as dynamic hip screw, fractured neck of femur, pulmonary embolus, hospital-acquired pneumonia, and alcoholic liver disease.
As a result of the road rage attack, Scott was left with three fractured bones in her neck, a broken femur, multiple broken ribs, a lacerated liver, and a fractured back, according to the GoFundMe page.
As authorities continued their search, they found a femur on the same day.
Beveridge said Macrae will be in the starting 22, rather than filling the substitute role, after a delayed start to the season because of a hamstring injury and loading issue with his femur.
The front seat passenger had multiple fractures to her left femur, as well as an open left heel fracture and a burst fracture to a vertebra.
Her answer was this: a 15,000-year-old femur that had broken and healed.
In the first, he broke his femur, which didn't heal properly and then he broke his other leg too.
On the Gist, lengthening your femur.
Common combinations with femur
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: