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Definition of Femora
1. femur [n] - See also: femur
Lexicographical Neighbors of Femora
Literary usage of Femora
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1896)
"According to Dr. Dubois this last feature has never been found by him ' in human
femora, even separately.' Dealing especially with the popliteal space, ..."
2. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1891)
"Female, pygidium elongate, rounded at tip, posterior femora usually unarmed, ...
Posterior femora strongly davate, armed with an acute tooth. Long. .36. ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1877)
"Busk makes mention of several other femora from .the ... Of four femora from a
tumulus in the same county, one has the characteristic to the extent that ..."
4. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1902)
"Front femora very thick and strong, stouter than in S. nitidus, ... Middle femora
not so constricted at the base, and without the short stubby Fig. 1. ..."
5. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1906)
"Total length of body 9 mm.; pronotum 8 mm.; posterior femora 5mm. ... femora little
compressed, elongate, carinae of anterior femora ..."
6. Physical Anthropology of the Lenape Or Delawares, and of the Eastern Indians by Aleš Hrdlička (1916)
"To summarize, it may be stated that at the subtrochanteric flattening the Munsee
femur shows a decidedly greater compression than the femora of the United ..."
7. Obstetrics: a text-book for the use of students and practitioners by John Whitridge Williams (1904)
"... EXERTED BY THE femora—ATYPICAL DEFORMITIES NORMALLY, in the case of an individual
standing erect, the upward and inward force exerted by the femora is ..."
8. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1890)
"On the following day the usual dressings were applied. The patient had completely
recovered in two mouths afterward. FRACTURE OF BOTH femora IN BREECH LABOR ..."
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