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femoral

/ˈfɛ.mə.ɹəl/

femoral adjective: of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh.

Adjective

femoral (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh.

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.

All 20 example sentences with femoral

Origin of femoral

Borrowed from Latin femorālis, from Latin root femor-, from femur (genitive femoris). Equivalent to femur + -al.

Words formed from femoral

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

  1. femonationalistic
  2. femopause
  3. femophobia
  4. femora
  5. femoracetabular
  6. femoral
  7. femoral arteries
  8. femoral artery
  9. femoral canal
  10. femoral canals
  11. femoral sheath

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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