Definition of "femoral" []

• Of, relating to, or located in the thigh or femur. (adjective)

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• "Titanium elastic nailing use in femoral shaft fractures"
• "-- The femoral is a continuation of the external iliac, and extends from Poupart's ligament to the middle of the lower third of the thigh, where it becomes the popliteal."
• "During the operation at Grantham Hospital in Lincolnshire in August 2008 Kolb, 51, also cut through the wrong muscle, slicing into a 'danger zone' known as the femoral triangle."