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femoral

/ˈfɛˌmɝəl/

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What does femoral mean?

adjective

  1. 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.
Thomas HardyFar from the Madding CrowdProject Gutenberg ebook #27
The sheep's pulse may be taken directly from the femoral artery by placing the fingers over the inner region of the thigh.
Robert Alexander CraigCommon Diseases of Farm AnimalsProject Gutenberg ebook #8502
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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.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747
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.
Alexander von Humboldt; Aimé BonplandPersonal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1Translated by Thomasina RossProject Gutenberg ebook #6322
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.
Theodore RooseveltHunting the Grisly and Other Sketches An Account of the Big Game of the United States and its Chase with Horse, Hound, and RifleProject Gutenberg ebook #3337