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单词 thighbone
释义

thighbone

[ thahy-bohn ]
/ ˈθaɪˌboʊn /

noun

femur (def. 1).

Origin of thighbone

First recorded in 1400–50, thighbone is from late Middle English the bane. See thigh, bone

Words nearby thighbone

thieve, thievery, thieving, thievish, thigh, thighbone, thigh-high, thigh-slapper, thigmesthesia, thigmotaxis, thigmotropism
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Example sentences from the Web for thighbone

  • Halle has a thighbone of the Virgin Mary; Spain has seven or eight, all said to be undoubted relics.

    Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing|George Barton Cutten
  • Hence we may compare the weight of the brain with that of the thighbone.

    Woman under socialism|August Bebel

British Dictionary definitions for thighbone

thighbone
/ (ˈθaɪˌbəʊn) /

noun

a nontechnical name for the femur
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for thighbone

thighbone
[ thībōn′ ]

n.

femur
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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