thigh bone
noun
variants
or thighbone
plural thigh bones or thighbones
: the proximal bone of the hind or lower limb that extends from the hip to the knee : femur sense 1
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If the fracture extends into the knee joint, like Vonn’s, pins may be placed in both the thigh bone and the shin bone to hold everything steady.
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Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, a femoral fracture is a break in the femur, or thigh bone, and is usually the result of high-impact trauma, such as a car crash.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
So, think of the femur (thigh bone), tibia (shin bone), humerus (upper arm bone), and even the fingers.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 15 Jan. 2026
Researchers said a thigh bone found in the cave had bite marks suggesting the person may have been killed or scavenged by a predator, the Reuters news agency reported.
—CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Two decades later, studies on other parts of that discovery—its forearms, or ulnae, and thigh bone, or femur—were reported.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 2 Jan. 2026
The results showed minor articular cartilage defects (damage or injury to the smooth cartilage), mostly between the kneecap and thigh bone, in more than half of participants.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Thursday was the 62nd day the Padres have been without Tatis due to a stress fracture in his right femur (thigh bone).
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2024
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Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, a femoral fracture is a break in the femur, or thigh bone, and is usually the result of high-impact trauma, such as a car crash.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
So, think of the femur (thigh bone), tibia (shin bone), humerus (upper arm bone), and even the fingers.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 15 Jan. 2026
Researchers said a thigh bone found in the cave had bite marks suggesting the person may have been killed or scavenged by a predator, the Reuters news agency reported.
—CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Two decades later, studies on other parts of that discovery—its forearms, or ulnae, and thigh bone, or femur—were reported.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 2 Jan. 2026
The results showed minor articular cartilage defects (damage or injury to the smooth cartilage), mostly between the kneecap and thigh bone, in more than half of participants.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Thursday was the 62nd day the Padres have been without Tatis due to a stress fracture in his right femur (thigh bone).
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2024
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thighbone
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thigh·bone
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