Word Meanings - FEMUR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The thigh bone. The proximal segment of the hind limb containing the thigh bone; the thigh. See Coxa.

Related words: (words related to FEMUR)

• CONTAINMENT
  That which is contained; the extent; the substance. The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller.
• SEGMENT
  A part cut off from a figure by a line or plane; especially, that part of a circle contained between a chord and an arc of that circle, or so much of the circle as is cut off by the chord; as, the segment acb in the Illustration. A piece in the
• PROXIMALLY
  On or toward a proximal part; proximad.
• CONTAINANT
  A container.
• SEGMENTATION
  The act or process of dividing into segments; specifically , a self-division into segments as a result of growth; cell cleavage; cell multiplication; endogenous cell formation. Segmentation cavity , the cavity formed by the arrangement of the cells
• CONTAINABLE
  Capable of being contained or comprised. Boyle.
• CONTAINER
  One who, or that which, contains.
• THIGH
  dije, OHG. dioh, thioh, Icel. thigh, rump, and probably to Lith. taukas fat of animals, tuk to become fat, Russ. tuke fat of animals.
• PROXIMAL
  1. Toward or nearest, as to a body, or center of motion of dependence; proximate. Situated near the point of attachment or origin; as, the proximal part of a limb. Of or pertaining to that which is proximal; as, the proximal bones of
• SEGMENTAL
  1. Relating to, or being, a segment. Of or pertaining to the segments of animals; as, a segmental duct; segmental papillæ. Of or pertaining to the segmental organs. Segmental duct , the primitive duct of the embryonic excretory organs which gives
• SEGMENTED
  Divided into segments or joints; articulated.
• CONTAIN
  1. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold. Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not contain thee; how much less this house! 2 Chron. vi. 18. When that this body did contain a spirit. Shak. What thy stores
• BISEGMENT
  One of tow equal parts of a line, or other magnitude.
• SELF-CONTAINED
  Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself. Self-contained steam engine.
• DESEGMENTATION
  The loss or obliteration of division into segments; as, a desegmentation of the body.