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Meanings of thighbone in inglés

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fêmur
catalán
fèmur
español
fémur
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The bone that extends from the pelvis to the knee in the vertebrate tetrapods, including humans.

        fémur
        Usage of thighbone in inglés
        1
        A union bullet had shattered his thighbone and had partly crippled him.
        Empire of the Summer Moon
        2
        The rib cage just to the left belonged with the thighbone yards away.
        Bloody Bones
        3
        He picked up a thighbone and held it like a weapon.
        The half-made world
        4
        Perhaps just a simple break in the lower thighbone.
        The Hyperion Cantos
        5
        Case report: A 59-year-old patient was treated for thighbone leiomyosarcoma, with surgical resection and adjuvant radiotherapy.
        Pubmed
        6
        They have tried to use tissues from several frozen Siberian specimens including, most recently, a well-preserved thighbone.
        BBC
        7
        Forensic studies began with that one thighbone.
        Anil's ghost
        8
        The thighbone is connected to the shinbone.
        The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
        9
        The shinbone is connected to the thighbone.
        The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
        10
        Char-grilled Spatchcock Spatchcock is a small baby chicken that has had the backbone, breastbone and thighbone removed.
        Radio NZ
        11
        He leapt and jammed the thighbone into one of its eyes-theeye shattered like glass and went dim.
        The half-made world
        12
        Halle has a thighbone of the Virgin Mary; Spain has seven or eight, all said to be undoubted relics.
        Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1
        13
        They've also been linked to two rare but serious effects: breakdown in the bones of the jaw and thighbone fractures.
        Reuters
        14
        They accidentally broke into the top part first, jostled the remains, then realized their mistake and gently removed the thighbone.
        Wired
        15
        It normally moves slightly up and down without touching the end of the femur, the thighbone, when walking or running.
        The Irish Times
        16
        The battle continued in the deadly comic-opera vein common to all armed combat since the first rock and thighbone duels on Old Earth.
        The Hyperion Cantos
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        portugués
        fêmurfémur
        catalán
        fèmur
        español
        fémur
        Thighbone through the time