femoral

[ fem-er-uhl ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or situated at, in, or near the thigh or femur.

femoral

/ ˈfɛmərəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to the thigh or femur

Other Words From

• inter·femo·ral adjective
• post·femo·ral adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of femoral¹

1775–85; < Latin femor- (stem of femur ) thigh + -al ¹

Example Sentences

The 32-year-old, who joined from Brentford in 2015, has undergone extensive treatment on a femoral fracture suffered against Manchester City in April 2022 and called it a day on Wednesday.

From BBC

A Leeds statement said Dallas had reminded "a key person behind the scenes" despite not featuring for Daniel Farke's side in recent times because of his femoral fracture.

From BBC

This public-private collaboration has given rise to the design of a new tool to calculate the risk of fracture due to femoral osteoporosis, from a biomechanics approach -which studies the mechanical structures of living beings such as those that account for the movement of the body-, with implementation costs that make its application feasible in clinical practice.

From Science Daily

According to each report, written by forensic pathologist Dr Megan Kliesner, the children both had "potentially toxic levels of doxylamine detected in femoral blood".

From BBC

They reportedly shot each other in Rainier Vista, one suffering a pair of wounds to his abdomen, the other a femoral bleed to his left thigh.

From Seattle Times