leg bone

/lɛg boʊn/
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Other forms: leg bones

Definitions of leg bone
  1. noun
    a bone of the leg
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    types:
    femoris, femur, thighbone
    the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee
    calf bone, fibula
    the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
    shin, shin bone, shinbone, tibia
    the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
    type of:
    long bone, os longum
    in limbs of vertebrate animals: a long cylindrical bone that contains marrow
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