thighbone

[thahy-bohn]

noun

femur(def 1).

Origin of thighbone

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

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Examples from the Web for thighbone

Historical Examples of thighbone

Hence we may compare the weight of the brain with that of the thighbone.
Woman under socialism
August Bebel
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

British Dictionary definitions for thighbone

thighbone

noun

a nontechnical name for the femur

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thighbone in Medicine

thighbone

[thī′bōn′]

n.

femur