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femoroacetabular

femoroacetabular adjective: relating to the femur and the acetabulum.

Adjective

femoroacetabular (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the femur and the acetabulum
    • Recently, this program has been validated to be a reliable and accurate tool to estimate FHC from a plain X-ray radiograph in patients with femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) [19 ].2015 November 25, “Comparison of 2.5D and 3D Quantification of Femoral Head Coverage in Normal Control Subjects and Patients with Hip Dysplasia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of femoroacetabular

From femoro- + acetabular.

Questions about femoroacetabular

What does femoroacetabular mean?
Femoroacetabular means relating to the femur and the acetabulum.
What part of speech is femoroacetabular?
Femoroacetabular is an adjective.

Words near femoroacetabular in the dictionary

  1. femoral vein
  2. femoral veins
  3. femorally
  4. femoro-
  5. femoroabdominal
  6. femoroacetabular
  7. femorocaudal
  8. femorocrural
  9. femorodistal
  10. femorofemoral
  11. femorofibular

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