arteria femoralis

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsfemoral artery

   Broaderartery

   Part ofthigh

Questions about arteria femoralis

What does arteria femoralis mean?

arteria femoralis means "the chief artery of the thigh; a continuation of the external iliac artery".

What is another word for arteria femoralis?

Close synonyms include femoral artery. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is arteria femoralis a common word?

arteria femoralis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.