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Thigh

[thahy]

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noun

the part of the lower limb in humans between the hip and the knee.

the corresponding part of the hind limb of other animals; the femoral region.

(in birds)

the true femoral region that is hidden by the skin or feathers of the body.

the segment below, containing the fibula and tibia.

Entomology. the femur.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English thi, thigh(e), the(h), Old English thīoh, thēoh; cognate with Dutch dij, Old High German dioh, Old Norse thjō

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Open up thigh cavity of each leg and fill with equal portions of crab mixture.

As the chair lift ascended, my right pocket vibrated and thigh pulsed.

It tucks behind its wearer's knee and has extensions that strap around the front of his calf and his thigh.

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Open up thigh cavity of each leg and fill with equal portions of crab mixture.

As the chair lift ascended, my right pocket vibrated and thigh pulsed.

It tucks behind its wearer's knee and has extensions that strap around the front of his calf and his thigh.

Formicola also noted that the girl had abnormal thigh bones that were bowed and shortened.

By stacking the thigh bone directly on top of the shin bone, we've saddled our knees with more weight than they can handle.

He was all muscle, with biceps as big as the thigh of a medium-build woman.

One experienced hunter jumps on the moose's rump and gouges its thigh muscles.

Yes, there are better ways to fend off a nap than jamming a pen into your thigh under the table.

Every doctor recognizes themThe man who discovers a bruise on his thigh and becomes convinced that it is leukemia.

The new fossil find consists mainly of jawbone fragments, upper and lower teeth, and a thigh bone.

In the movies, the gun never shows through the thigh of even the slinkiest.

Hip fracture surgery is done to repair a break in the upper part of the thigh bone.

Its shorter arms and more robust thigh bones, which supported the heavy animal, rule out any.

They had to split a thigh bone to remove it from a remote dig, and it's expected to be a goldmine of dino physiology.

With the hot pan, the thigh finishes cooking at the same time as the breast.

He sits back against the tepee poles with his sleeping mother's head against his thigh.

One poster admits to injecting urine into her thigh.

Fit is slim, but with more ease on thigh and hip, with a straight side seam.

Because the wound was so large, he also grafted a piece of skin from her thigh over the ulcer.

The thigh bone, or femur, is the large upper leg bone that connects the lower.

Check out this slick native app that lets you test yourself on how the knee bone connects to the thigh bone.

Put the new hip socket in place, then insert the metal stem into your thigh bone.

Pretty much any spot on the outside of the thigh will work for administering the shot.

The thigh socket, or ball-and-socket joint, at the top of the leg is another overworked joint in yoga.

She said the bullet entered the officer's thigh and punctured his bladder.

Was it that especial intimacy that crammed the girls shoulder to narrow shoulder, thigh to thigh on the convertible.

The agency asked patients taking the drugs, known as bisphosphonates, to report any thigh or groin pain to their doctors.

When ready to cook, arrange the breast, thigh and leg and wing portions skin side up in one layer in a flat baking dish.

Bone breasts and thighs, leaving breast and thigh pieces attached with skin.

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World English Dictionary

thigh (θaɪ)

—n
1.	the part of the leg between the hip and the knee in man
2.	the corresponding part in other vertebrates and insects

Related: crural, femoral

[Old English thēh; related to Old Frisian thiāch, Old High German dioh thigh, Old Norse thjō buttock, Old Slavonic tyku fat]

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Word Origin & History

thigh

O.E. þeoh, þeh, from P.Gmc. *theukhom (cf. O.Fris. thiach, O.Du. thio, Du. dij, O.N. þjo, O.H.G. dioh), from PIE *teuk- from base *teu- "to swell" (cf. Lith. taukas, O.C.S. tuku, Rus. tuku "fat of animals;" Lith. tukti "to become fat;" Gk. tylos "callus, lump," tymbos "burial mound,

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grave, tomb;" O.Ir. ton "rump;" L. tumere "to swell," tumulus "raised heap of earth," tumor "a swelling;" M.Ir. tomm "a small hill," Welsh tom "mound"). Thus thigh is lit. "the thick or fat part of the leg."

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Medical Dictionary

thigh (thī)
n.
The part of the leg between the hip and the knee. Also called femur.

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