THIGHBONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thighbone mean? 

• THIGHBONE (noun)
  The noun THIGHBONE has 1 sense:

1. the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee

  Familiarity information: THIGHBONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THIGHBONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

femoris; femur; thighbone

Hypernyms ("thighbone" is a kind of...):

leg bone (a bone of the leg)

Meronyms (parts of "thighbone"):

lateral condyle (a condyle on the outer side of the lower extremity of the femur)

medial condyle (a condyle on the inner side of the lower extremity of the femur)

trochanter (one of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached)

Holonyms ("thighbone" is a part of...):

thigh (the part of the leg between the hip and the knee)