Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or located in the thigh or femur.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the thigh.
- Pertaining to the femur or thigh-bone: as, the femoral condyles.
- In entomology, pertaining to or on the third joint of an insect's leg: as, a femoral spine.
- Hunter's canal. See
canal .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to the femur or thigh.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or near the
femur orthigh
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or near the femur or thigh
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Titanium elastic nailing use in femoral shaft fractures
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-- The femoral is a continuation of the external iliac, and extends from Poupart's ligament to the middle of the lower third of the thigh, where it becomes the popliteal.
An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital. 1863
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The Promus stenting system involves the insertion of a metal tube into a large blood vessel of the leg, called the femoral artery.
TrinidadExpress Today's News Louis B Homer 2010
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The Promus stenting system involves the insertion of a metal tube into a large blood vessel of the leg, called the femoral artery.
TrinidadExpress Today's News Louis B Homer 2010
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In certain high-energy accidents such as motor vehicle accidents or when a person falls off a ladder, fractures of the so-called femoral head can occur.
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The Promus stenting system involves the insertion of a metal tube into a large blood vessel of the leg, called the femoral artery.
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During the operation at Grantham Hospital in Lincolnshire in August 2008 Kolb, 51, also cut through the wrong muscle, slicing into a 'danger zone' known as the femoral triangle.
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In certain high-energy accidents such as motor vehicle accidents or when a person falls off a ladder, fractures of the so-called femoral head can occur.
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In DDH, the hip socket may be shallow, letting the \ "ball\" of the long leg bone, also known as the femoral head, slip in and out of the socket.
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BTW, hunters, that artery is called the "femoral" and do nothing like with your knife that gets anywhere near your thigh or crotch, you absolutely do * not* want it cut.
Several of the old timers have not posted for a while. Wonder what's going on with those guys. 2009
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