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Situated at the thigh
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femoral
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Femoral \Fem"o*ral\, a. [L. femur, femoris, thigh: cf. F. f['e]moral.] Pertaining to the femur or thigh; as, the femoral artery. ``Femoral habiliments.'' --Sir W. Scott.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1782, from Medieval Latin femoralis , from stem of Latin femur "thigh" (see femur ).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Femoral can refer to: Having to do with the femur Femoral artery Femoral intercourse Femoral nerve Femoral triangle Femoral vein
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or relating to or near the femur or thigh
Usage examples of femoral.
Under local anesthetic, a thin, flexible catheter was passed up the femoral artery in the leg, to the aorta, and finally to the celiac axis, a network of arteries coming off the aorta to supply blood to all the upper-abdominal organs.
We encounter for example the rectus femoris, the saphenous nerve, the iliotibial tract, the femoral artery, the vastus medialis, the vastus lateralis, the vastus intermedius, the gracilis, the adductor magnus, the adductor longus, the intermediate femoral cutaneous nerve and other simple premechanical devices of this nature.
We now use a special type called stromal cells that all adults carry in their femoral marrow.
We encounter for example the rectus femoris, the saphenous nerve, the iliotibial tract, the femoral artery, the vastus medialis, the vastus lateralis, the vastus intermedius, the gracilis, the adductor magnus, the adductor longus, the intermediate femoral cutaneous nerve and other simple premechanical devices of this nature.
So when I sent a femoral sample off for DNA profiling, I requested an amelogenin test.
Under local anesthetic, a thin, flexible catheter was passed up the femoral artery in the leg, to the aorta, and finally to the celiac axis, a network of arteries coming off the aorta to supply blood to all the upper-abdominal organs.
Immediately above the groin, it split into two iliac arteries leading to the femoral arteries in the legs.
When the buboes were in the groin, they were perilously close to the femoral artery.
The blade left her body at the hip with such a spray of blood that Thorn knew Khory had severed the abdominal aorta and the femoral artery as well.
He was a magnificent creature, quick and formidable, those horns were sharp as pikes and could rip the belly out of a man or slice through his femoral artery, and he came straight at Sean.
Its jaws were armed with curved tusks, sharp enough to rip the belly out of a man or to slice through the femoral artery in his groin and bleed him white within minutes.
He had an infected compound femoral fracture, a birth with potential erythroblastosis fetalis, and an elderly phlebitis, all waiting.
Whether he killed the man with his M-16 at a hundred yards or a crossbow at forty yards, the man was just as dead as if Keith had severed his femoral artery with his knife.
The clinical part of her doctor's mind noted her friends were doing a femoral bypass, opening up the femoral artery and vein in the leg and hooking up a pump to flush her entire vascular system.
A hard bite against his femoral artery almost convulsed him and made tears fall in earnest this time.