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在解剖学描述中，用 the femur 泛指股骨。
The femur is the longest and thickest bone in the human skeleton.
股骨是人体骨骼中最长最粗的骨头。
股骨；大腿骨
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
股骨；大腿骨
the thigh bone; the long bone in the upper leg between the hip and the knee
The femur is the longest and thickest bone in the human skeleton.
股骨是人体骨骼中最长最粗的骨头。
股骨。
A thighbone.
人体骨骼中最长最粗的骨,从骨盆延伸至膝盖
the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee
昆虫腿的中段,位于转节与胫节之间。
The middle segment of the leg of an insect, between the trochanter and the tibia.
蛛形纲动物腿的一节。
A segment of the leg of an arachnid.
The femur is the longest bone in the human body.
股骨是人体中最长的骨头。
She broke her femur in a skiing accident last winter.
去年冬天她在滑雪事故中摔断了股骨。
A strong femur helps support your weight when you walk.
强壮的股骨有助于在走路时支撑你的体重。
在解剖学描述中，用 the femur 泛指股骨。
The femur is the longest and thickest bone in the human skeleton.
股骨是人体骨骼中最长最粗的骨头。
The femur extends from the pelvis to the knee.
股骨从骨盆延伸到膝盖。
Not this
I broke femur in the skiing accident.
Use this
I broke my femur in the skiing accident.
中文没有冠词和所有格的强制性，容易漏掉限定词。femur 是可数单数名词，指具体的骨头时必须有限定词（如 my, the）或 a/an；这里表达“我的大腿骨”，要用 my femur，不能裸用 femur。
Not this
The surgeon repaired her fractured femur bone.
Use this
The surgeon repaired her fractured femur.
femur 本身就表示“股骨/大腿骨”，再加 bone 是冗余。中文“大腿骨”里的“骨”直译成 bone，但英语中 femur 已包含“骨”的含义，应直接说 femur。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
股骨骨折
A femur fracture is a serious injury that often requires surgery.
股骨骨折是严重损伤，通常需要手术。
股骨头
The head of the femur fits into the hip socket.
股骨头嵌入髋臼。
股骨长度
Doctors measured the femur length during the ultrasound.
医生在超声检查中测量了股骨长度。
股骨近端
The tumor was found in the proximal femur.
肿瘤位于股骨近端。
股骨颈
Older adults often fracture the neck of the femur after a fall.
老年人跌倒后常发生股骨颈骨折。
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联想：fe 音近“肥”，股骨又长又粗，像一根肥壮的大骨从骨盆伸到膝盖。
语域：formal 常见场景：medical writing、anatomy textbooks、clinical discussions 该词多用于医学、解剖学等正式或专业语境，日常口语中较少用；日常会话中更常说 thighbone。复数形式除 femurs 外，正式文体中也可见 femora。
以上词语与 femur 押韵，重读元音均为 /iː/，结尾为 /mər/：dreamer、schemer、steamer、streamer。注意形近但发音不同的词：femoral /ˈfɛmərəl/（大腿的）和 fume /fjuːm/（冒烟）不押韵；femur 的复数 femora /ˈfɛmərə/ 也不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.