femoral
/ˈfɛ.mə.ɹəl/
femoral adjective: of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh.
Adjective
femoral (not comparable)
femoral meaning in Tamil
femoral in Tamil
- ஃபீமர, தொடைச் சிரை, முகநரம்பு
Examples of femoral in a sentence
- The great saphenous vein is a tributary of the femoral vein.
- Two swift cuts, high on the inner thighs: the femoral arteries gone to fountains of red.
- On CT scan, a deformed right femoral head with postpinning defect, articular changes, and subluxation was visualized.
Origin of femoral
Borrowed from Latin femorālis, from Latin root femor-, from femur (genitive femoris). Equivalent to femur + -al.
Words formed from femoral
- acetabulofemoral
- aortofemoral
- axillofemoral
- bifemoral
- caudofemoral
- coxofemoral
- femoral artery
- femoral canal
- femoral gland
- femoral hernia
- femoral nerve
- femoral ring
- femoral sheath
- femoral triangle
- femoral vein
- genitofemoral
- gluteofemoral
- humerofemoral
- iliacofemoral
- iliofemoral
- inguinofemoral
- interfemoral
- intrafemoral
- ischiofemoral
- meniscofemoral
- mesofemoral
- metafemoral
- midfemoral
- nonfemoral
- patella femoral pain syndrome
- patellofemoral
- perifemoral
- postfemoral
- prefemoral
- profemoral
- pubofemoral
- sacrofemoral
- saphenofemoral
- scrotofemoral
- tibiofemoral
- transfemoral
- trochanterofemoral
- vertebrofemoral
Phrases with femoral
Questions about femoral
- What does femoral mean?
- Femoral means of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh.
- What is femoral in Tamil?
- Femoral in Tamil is ஃபீமர, தொடைச் சிரை, முகநரம்பு. See Femoral meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is femoral?
- Femoral is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce femoral?
- Femoral is pronounced /ˈfɛ.mə.ɹəl/.
Words near femoral in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: femoral (page history and authors); femoral (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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