FEMORAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does femoral mean? 

• FEMORAL (adjective)
  The adjective FEMORAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or near the femur or thigh

  Familiarity information: FEMORAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FEMORAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or near the femur or thigh

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

femur (the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee)

thigh (the part of the leg between the hip and the knee)

Derivation:

femur (the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee)

 Context examples 

It includes the inguinal, femoral, pelvic, and para-aortic nodal area.

(Inverted Y Radiation Field, NCI Thesaurus)

Any artery arising from the femoral artery.

(Femoral Artery Branch, NCI Thesaurus)

The surgical removal of superficial inguinal lymph nodes and deep femoral lymph nodes.

(Inguinofemoral Lymphadenectomy, NCI Thesaurus)

Pulse wave velocity (PWV) was also measured for differences in the speed that blood traveled between their carotid artery in the neck and femoral artery in the groin.

(Too Much Salt? Unhealthy Blood Vessels Changes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

An artery arising from the common femoral artery just below the inguinal ligament running close to the femur and ending in the lower third of the thigh with branches supplying the thigh muscles.

(Deep Femoral Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

Any artery arising from the deep femoral artery.

(Deep Femoral Artery Branch, NCI Thesaurus)

Bone marrow in the femoral bone.

(Bone Marrow, Femur, NCI Thesaurus)

The proximal portion of the femoral artery.

(Common Femoral Artery Branch, NCI Thesaurus)

Excludes fractures of the acetabulum and fractures of the femoral shaft below the subtrochanteric region (FEMORAL FRACTURES).

(Hip Fracture, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It is characterized by growth or maturational disturbances in the femoral neck and head, as well as acetabular dysplasia.

(Hip Osteoarthritis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)