FEMUR
What does "FEMUR" mean?
The thigh bone, the long bone of the upper leg between hip and knee.
Meanings
- The bone of the upper leg; the longest and strongest bone in the human body. He fractured his femur in the skiing accident. technical
- In insects and other arthropods, the third segment of the leg. The grasshopper's powerful femur drives its leap. technical
Did you know?
- The femur is the longest and strongest bone you have - a healthy adult thigh bone can bear loads many times the body's own weight before it breaks.
Word origin
Directly from Latin 'femur', meaning 'thigh'; the word was adopted unchanged into anatomical Latin and from there into English.
Remember it
FEMUR sounds like 'fee-more' - the bone you'd pay more to keep, since it carries the whole body.
A little poem
Longest bone we own-
patient pillar in the thigh,
holding up the day.
haiku
What it teaches
The body's longest bone hides in the leg, doing the heaviest work where no one thinks to look.
Quick facts
What does FEMUR mean?
The thigh bone, the long bone of the upper leg between hip and knee.
Is FEMUR a valid word?
Yes — FEMUR is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is FEMUR?
FEMUR has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does FEMUR come from?
Directly from Latin 'femur', meaning 'thigh'; the word was adopted unchanged into anatomical Latin and from there into English.
What can FEMUR teach us?
The body's longest bone hides in the leg, doing the heaviest work where no one thinks to look.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.