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单词 platymery
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platymeryn.

Brit. /ˈplatᵻmɪəri/, U.S. /ˈplædiˌmɪri/, /ˈplædiˌmɛri/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with English elements; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: platy- comb. form, Greek μηρός , -y suffix3.
Etymology: < platy- comb. form + ancient Greek μηρός thigh, thigh bone (see merus n.; compare ancient Greek μηρία thigh bones) + -y suffix3, after French platymérie (L. Manouvrier 1889, in Comptes rendus Congr. Internat. d'Anthropol. et d'Archéol. Préhist. (1891) 363). Compare platymeria n., platymeric adj., and slightly later platymerism n.
Physical Anthropology. Now rare.
= platymeria n.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of arm or leg > bones of leg > [noun] > bone of thigh > condition of
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1895 Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 3rd Ser. 5 415 Dr Manouvrier of Paris..describes..femora from..neolithic burials..which showed the antero-posterior flattening in a very marked form, and to this condition he has given the name platymery (flat femur).
1910 G. Fowke Antiq. Central & Southeastern Missouri 104 The bones show..a moderate platymery, or subtrochanteric flattening of the femora.
1959 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 89 101 The notable metric features of the Maori femur include a particularly low index of platymery and a high total torsional angle due primarily to torsion of the shaft.
1982 Bull. Univ. Mus. (Univ. Tokyo) (Electronic text) No. 19. iv These figures are far smaller than the means for the Neolithic and Recent Japanese or Fukien Formosan and Luzon Negrito, showing a considerable degree of platymery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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