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Thigh

The thigh extends from the hip to the knee. The thigh has only one bone, the femur which is the largest bone in the human body. The thigh is the thick part of the leg. This is reflected in the word "thigh" which comes from the Indo-European root word "teue" meaning "swelling or enlargement".

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The part of the inferior limb between the hip and the knee. SYN: femur (1) [TA], os femoris, t. bone.

- Heilbronner t. in cases of organic paralysis, flattening and broadening of the t., when the patient lies supine on a hard mattress; absent in hysterical paralysis.

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thigh 'thī n

1) the proximal segment of the vertebrate hind or lower limb extending from the hip to the knee and supported by a single large bone compare FEMUR (1)

2) the segment of the leg immediately distal to the thigh in a bird or in a quadruped in which the true thigh is obscured

3) the femur of an insect

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(thi) the portion of the lower extremity extending from the hip above to the knee below; in official terminology called femur.

Medical dictionary. 2011.