femoral artery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of femoral artery
First recorded in 1775–85
Example Sentences
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It involves threading a catheter through the thigh’s femoral artery, behind the heart through the carotid artery and into the skull.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025
He ended up with a femoral artery insertion.
From Slate • May 23, 2023
In 2012, she had three femoral artery replacement surgeries in a three-month period.
From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2022
Planners are eyeing a new Mississippi River bridge at Interstate 80, a 3,000-mile femoral artery linking metro New York with San Francisco.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 23, 2021
Ordinary Trusses May Bring On Other Ailments Also, we have found in hundreds of cases that these belt and spring trusses press against the femoral artery so severely that heart disorders result.
From Cluthe's Advice to the Ruptured by Cluthe Rupture Institute
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