Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- adj. Of, relating to, or located in the thigh or femur.
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- adj. Of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Pertaining to the femur or thigh.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- 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 WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. of or relating to or near the femur or thigh
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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.
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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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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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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.
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Still, those preferring the femoral approach say going through the wrist and its radial artery can be technically difficult.
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It found that 3.7% of wrist patients and 4% of those treated via the femoral artery either died, or suffered a heart attack, stroke or a major bleeding episode unrelated to heart surgery.
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This compares to 3.7% of those in the femoral group who suffered such complications.
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