clinical depression. 1. Psychiatry. a depression so severe as to be considered abnormal, either because of no obvious environmental causes, or because the reaction to unfortunate life circumstances is more intense or prolonged than would generally be expected. Examples from the Web for clinical depression.
The femur, or thigh bone, is the longest, heaviest, and strongest bone in the entire human body. All of the bodyâs weight is supported by the femurs during many activities, such as running, jumping, walking, and standing.
1 The femur is the bone in the thigh. 2  It is the longest and strongest bone of the body. 3  The upper part of the femur fits into the pelvis to form the hip joint. 4  At this joint, it can move frontward, backward, sideways, and rotate in and out.