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femoral
/ˈfɛˌmɝəl/
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What does femoral mean?
adjective
- Of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈfɛˌmɝəl/
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He had frequently felt the same quick, hard beat in the femoral artery of his lambs when overdriven.
The sheep's pulse may be taken directly from the femoral artery by placing the fingers over the inner region of the thigh.
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The left hip was greatly distorted, not only in the direction of flexion, but there was also twisting of the femoral neck, simulating dislocation.
In digging foundations, beds of round pebbles, mixed with small bivalve shells, are found; and according to the report of persons worthy of credit, there were discovered, thirty years ago, at the bottom of the ravine of San Juanillo, two enormous femoral bones, four feet long, and weighing more than thirty pounds.
He was not able to learn the particulars in the last case, but the raftsman came too close to a bear that was at bay, and it broke through the dogs, rushed at and overthrew him, then lying on him, it bit him deeply in the thigh, through the femoral artery, so that he speedily bled to death.