ARTERIA FEMORALIS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The chief artery of the thigh; a continuation of the external iliac artery

Synonyms:

arteria femoralis; femoral artery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("arteria femoralis" is a kind of...):

arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)

Holonyms ("arteria femoralis" is a part of...):

thigh (the part of the leg between the hip and the knee)

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