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femoral

/fem-er-uhl/US // ˈfɛm ər əl //UK // (ˈfɛmərəl) //

股骨,股骨头,股关节,股骨神经

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or situated at, in, or near the thigh or femur.

Examples

  • A bullet had struck a femoral artery and it was gushing blood as she kept firing.

  • Lusk cites a case of a mule which had suffered femoral luxation.

  • A doctor at the adjacent dressing-station found that the femoral artery in the thigh had been severed.

  • Wing membrane from the ankles, inter femoral membrane square behind; extreme tip of the tail free.

  • Boy Scout (who has negotiated fairly successfully a fractured jaw, broken forearm and severed femoral artery).

  • I just saw and felt the lower edge of one, and I reached to feel the left femoral pulse.