Word.ws English Dictionary

Scarpa's triangle

Scarpa's triangle noun: the femoral triangle.

Noun

Scarpa's triangle (plural Scarpa's triangles)

  1. The femoral triangle.

Forms of Scarpa's triangle

pluralScarpa's triangles

Origin of Scarpa's triangle

Named after Italian anatomist Antonio Scarpa (1752–1832).

Questions about Scarpa's triangle

What does Scarpa's triangle mean?
Scarpa's triangle means the femoral triangle.
What part of speech is Scarpa's triangle?
Scarpa's triangle is a noun.
What is the plural of Scarpa's triangle?
The plural of Scarpa's triangle is Scarpa's triangles.

Words near Scarpa's triangle in the dictionary

  1. Scarola
  2. Scarolas
  3. scaroused
  4. scarp
  5. Scarpa
  6. Scarpa's triangle
  7. scarpariello
  8. Scarpas
  9. Scarpati
  10. Scarpatis
  11. scarpe

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Scarpa's triangle (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Scarpa's triangle.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/scarpa%27s_triangle. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.