femoral

See also: fémoral

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin femorālis. Equivalent to femur +‎ -al.

Adjective

femoral (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh.

Derived terms

• acetabulofemoral
• axillofemoral
• bifemoral
• caudofemoral
• coxofemoral
• femoral artery
• femoral canal
• femoral gland
• femoral hernia
• femoral nerve
• femoral ring
• femoral sheath
• femoral triangle
• femoral vein
• genitofemoral
• gluteofemoral
• iliacofemoral
• iliofemoral
• inguinofemoral
• interfemoral
• intrafemoral
• meniscofemoral
• mesofemoral
• midfemoral
• nonfemoral
• patella femoral pain syndrome
• patellofemoral
• perifemoral
• postfemoral
• prefemoral
• pubofemoral
• saphenofemoral
• tibiofemoral
• transfemoral
• vertebrofemoral

 

Translations

of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh

• Bulgarian: бедрен (bedren)
• Catalan: femoral
• Czech: stehenní (cs), femorální (cs)
• Finnish: reisi- (fi), femoraalinen (fi)
• French: fémoral (fr)
• German: femoral, Oberschenkel (de), Schenkel (de), femoralis
• Interlingua: femoral
• Italian: femorale (it)
• Latin: femorālis
• Portuguese: femoral (pt)
• Russian: бе́дренный (ru) (bédrennyj)
• Spanish: femoral (es)
• Volapük: femurik

Interlingua

Adjective

femoral (not comparable)

1. femoral

Related terms

• femore

Portuguese

Etymology

From fêmur/fémur (“femur”) +‎ -al (“of or relating to”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fe.moˈɾaw/ [fe.moˈɾaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɛ.muˈɾal/ [fɛ.muˈɾaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɛ.muˈɾal/ [fɛ.muˈɾaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɛ.muˈɾa.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: fe‧mo‧ral

Adjective

femoral m or f (plural femorais)

1. femoral (of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh)

Related terms

• fêmur/fémur

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /femoˈɾal/ [fe.moˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: fe‧mo‧ral

Adjective

femoral m or f (masculine and feminine plural femorales)

1. femoral

Derived terms

• genitofemoral
• meniscofemoral

 

Related terms

• fémur

 

Further reading

• “femoral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014