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FEMORAL ARTERY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 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 ("femoral artery" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("femoral artery" is a part of...):

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

Credits

 Context examples: 

A long superficial vein originating from the dorsal vein at the big toe and the dorsal venous arch of the foot and extending up the inner leg to empty into the femoral artery in the groin area.

(Long Saphenous Vein, NCI Thesaurus)