femoral

[ fem-er-uhl ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or situated at, in, or near the thigh or femur.

femoral

/ ˈfɛmərəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to the thigh or femur

Other Words From

• inter·femo·ral adjective
• post·femo·ral adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of femoral¹

1775–85; < Latin femor- (stem of femur ) thigh + -al ¹

Example Sentences

A bullet had struck a femoral artery and it was gushing blood as she kept firing.

From The Daily Beast

Lusk cites a case of a mule which had suffered femoral luxation.

From Project Gutenberg

A doctor at the adjacent dressing-station found that the femoral artery in the thigh had been severed.

From Project Gutenberg

Wing membrane from the ankles, inter femoral membrane square behind; extreme tip of the tail free.

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Boy Scout (who has negotiated fairly successfully a fractured jaw, broken forearm and severed femoral artery).

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I just saw and felt the lower edge of one, and I reached to feel the left femoral pulse.

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