† femoraln.¹

Forms: Middle English 1800s femoral, 1500s–1600s femoralle; also Scottish pre-1700 femoraill.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French femoralles; Latin femoralia.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French femoralles (French femoralles ) (plural) knee-length trousers often worn by monks (late 15th cent.), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin femoralia (plural) breeches, garment worn on the thighs (Vetus Latina; also occasionally as singular, femorale (10th cent.)) < classical Latin femor- , femur thigh (see femur n.) + -ālia -al suffix¹. Compare femoral adj.

Obsolete.

A knee-length pair of trousers or a similar undergarment; a pair of breeches. Usually in plural.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > breeches

breecha1100

breeka1300

femoralc1450

hosec1460

breecha1500

overstocks1543

strossers1598

strouses1600

breeching1604

brogues1615

trousies1652

small clothes1770

knee-breeches1829

smalls1836

breekums1839

culotte1842

sine qua nons1850

terminations1863

trouserettes1875

strides1889

knee-breech1904

c1450 tr. G. Boccaccio De Claris Mulieribus (1924) l. 393 (MED) Femorals also of new inuencyon She vsyde, that noon shulde vndirstonde Hyr sex naturall.

c1525 Rule St. Francis (Faust.) in J. S. Brewer & R. Howlett Monumenta Franciscana (1882) II. 66 (MED) They shall graunt to them the clothyng of probation..ij cootis withoute a hode, a corde, a femoralle.

a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 90^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Wit He..tuke ane habet with the cord & femoraill and offerit to Christis pure man.

1609 Bible (Douay) I. Lev. vi. 10 The priest shal be revested with the tunike and the linnen femoralles.

1804 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry II. ii. iii. 27 This sans culotte, for so he was called in France; and well he might; for he was without femorals when he went away, and when he came back.

1851 New Monthly Mag. Oct. 250 His femorals were baggy, and his coat hung like a Guernsey frock on a clothes-horse.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

femoraladj.n.²

Brit.

/ˈfɛm(ə)rəl/,

/ˈfiːm(ə)rəl/, U.S.

/ˈfɛm(ə)rəl/

Forms: 1500s femorall, 1600s– femoral.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin femor- , femur , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < classical Latin femor-, femur thigh (see femur n.) + -al suffix¹. Compare post-classical Latin femoralis worn on the thigh (4th cent.). Compare femoral n.¹With femoral vein (see e.g. quot. 1597 at sense A.) compare post-classical Latin vena femoralis (see quot. 1688 for femoral vein n. at Compounds). With femoral bone n. at Compounds compare Middle French os femoral (1546 or earlier).

Chiefly Anatomy and Zoology.

A. adj.

Of or relating to the femur or to the thigh; (in early use also) †located on or over the thigh (obsolete). In later use also: of, relating to, or employing the blood vessels of the thigh.In quots. 1731, 1821: (probably) relating to a garment covering the thighs; cf. femoral n.¹

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of arm or leg > bones of leg > [adjective] > bone of thigh

femoral1893

patellofemoral1934

1597 P. Lowe Whole Course Chirurg. viii. i. sig. Dd The first of these foure veines is called Popletica & commeth from the veine Femorall.

1731 Second High-German Physician 45 It was in my Power, for the Sum of Five Hundred Guineas, to prepare a Catholicon (to be worn in his femoral Pocket).

1783 P. Pott Chirurg. Wks. (new ed.) II. 14 [Ruptures] are called inguinal, scrotal, femoral..as they happen to make their appearance in the groin, cod, thigh.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. v. 79 Flibbertigibbet..thrust a pin into the rear of the short femoral garment.

1872 T. G. Thomas Pract. Treat. Dis. Women (ed. 3) 636 They may enter the femoral, umbilical and ischiatic openings.

1893 Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 20 162 When the femoral spines are shorter than those of the tibia, each of the two primary rows may become a double or a triple row.

1939 T. L. Green Pract. Animal Biol. i. 198 The upper end is expanded and bears articular surfaces for the femoral condyles.

1977 Ann. Internal Med. 86 446/1 A splenic arteriogram was done via the femoral route with a 6.7 French polyethylene catheter.

2003 Sci. Amer. Jan. 47/1 It has a long femoral neck, which would have placed the shaft at an angle relative to the lower leg (thereby stabilizing the hip).

B. n.²

A part or structure associated with or located in the region of the thigh or the femur; esp. a femoral artery or vein.

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the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > artery > [noun] > specific artery

arterial vein?c1425

adorthy1525

subethal1525

temporal?1541

veiny artery1543

share artery1545

aorta1594

cephalic artery1599

subclavia1615

venous artery1650

subclavicular1656

pulmonary1707

cœliac artery or axis1713

renal1721

radial1723

carotid1741

ranine1753

femoral1754

hypogastric1774

iliac1782

pudical1803

articular1808

pudic1824

anonyma1832

internal mammary1835–6

iliac artery1840

transverse artery1842

innominate artery1866

innominate1879

thyroid axis1881

hyoid1883

medicerebral1889

coronary1893

1754 S. Mihles tr. A. von Haller Physiol. II. xxxv. 309 After giving some slender twigs to the femorals, with still smaller arteries into the pelvis, they ascend reflected back with the bladder on each side of it.

1828 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. VI. 68 Femorals long, tapering, and of the same pale rust tint.

1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 542/1 In the Sloth..the brachials and femorals are split up.

1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 213 The femoral gives off a large branch called the deep femoral.

1927 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 5 Mar. 423/2 As soon as she seemed easier I felt for the femorals, but could find no trace of clot.

1960 D. C. Braungart & R. Buddeke Introd. Animal Biol. (ed. 5) xviii. 282 The femoral divides into two branches, one of which unites with its fellow from the opposite side to form the ventral abdominal vein.

2002 J. Mercurio Bodies (2003) 143 He'd been squatting semi-conscious on his legs so long they're blue and his toes are black..and I can't feel any pulses anywhere below the femorals.

Compounds

femoral artery n. the principal artery of the thigh, which is a continuation of the external iliac artery, and becomes the popliteal artery.

ΚΠ

1735 Lives Most Remarkable Criminals III. 144 The Maid was dead of a Wound in her Thigh, which pierced the Femoral Artery.

1840 Provinc. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 14 Nov. 115/1 But in the lower third of the thigh, just where the femoral artery perforates the tendon of the adductor magnus, a very strong pulsation existed.

1970 R. Calne Gift of Life vii. 54 The arteries of the kidneys are also X-rayed by injecting into them radio-opaque solution using a flexible catheter inserted via the femoral artery in the groin.

2011 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 30 Jan. (News section) 19 A groin wound from a piece of shrapnel can rupture the femoral artery and cause death within minutes.

femoral bone n. the thigh bone; = femur n. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of arm or leg > bones of leg > [noun] > bone of thigh

femur1666

femoral bone1778

1778 J. R. Forster Observ. Voy. round World vi. 254 I could have recourse to..all the great anatomists of this and former ages, and with them prove from..the form and structure of the acetabulum, and the head of the femoral bones..that man is the only creature of the class which suckle their young ones, who is intended to walk erect.

1831 National Mag. 2 35 The fossilized tusks, teeth, and femoral bones of the hippopotamus, rhinoceros, and hyæna.

1932 E. Conzemius Ethnogr. Surv. Miskito & Sumu Indians (U.S. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. Bull. No. 106) 112 Short 1-toned flutes are also made from the femoral bones of deer, tapir, or other large animals.

2008 Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) (Nexis) 21 May d1 Smaller surgeries, such as realigning the joint or reshaping the femoral bone in a damaged hip, could postpone a total replacement.

femoral hernia n. herniation of tissue into the sheath of fascia surrounding the femoral artery and vein as they enter the thigh; an instance of this.

ΚΠ

1714 J. Browne Inst. Physick 213 Femoral Hernia's in Women.

1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 4 333 The phænomena which occurred in a case of deep-seated femoral hernia.

1903 Sc. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. Dec. 519 In femoral hernia I have never seen any tendency of the sac to prolapse before closure of the ring.

2001 J. A. Berman Understanding Surg. xxx. 111 The femoral hernia appears as a bulge or sometimes a pain in the femoral area.

femoral pulse n. a pulse in the femoral artery, which can be felt in the groin.

ΚΠ

1768 tr. L. Heister Gen. Syst. Surg. (ed. 8) II. 400 The Pulse of this femoral Artery.]

1854 W. Stokes Dis. Heart & Aorta xii. 622 The femoral pulse was distinct.

1967 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 23 Sept. 8/1 Femoral pulses and the pulses below the knees were absent in both legs.

2007 Times Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) (Nexis) 3 June d1 The femoral pulse was good, telling Merrick that the man's oxygenated blood was moving through his brain and vital organs.

femoral vein n. the principal vein of the thigh, which is a continuation of the popliteal vein and becomes the external iliac vein.

ΚΠ

1597Veine Femorall [see sense A.].

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xvii. 425/1 Uena Poplatica, or Poplatick Uein, it lies in the ply or bent of the Ham, and comes from the Uena Femoralis, or Femoral Vein.

1791 W. Vaughan Expos. Princ. Anat. & Physiol. I. 368 The femoral vein gradually receives 1. The External Pudendal, 2. The Ischiatic.

1871 J. King Amer. Eclectic Obstetr. (ed. 2) 639 This affection may be known, by..the hard, cord-like, and painful condition of the femoral vein.

1994 H. T. Milhorn Drug & Alcohol Abuse xxv. 299 He decided to try to inject the material into the femoral vein, a large vein located deep in the groin area.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	femoral
释义	† femoraln.¹ Forms: Middle English 1800s femoral, 1500s–1600s femoralle; also Scottish pre-1700 femoraill. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French femoralles; Latin femoralia. Etymology: < (i) Middle French femoralles (French femoralles ) (plural) knee-length trousers often worn by monks (late 15th cent.), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin femoralia (plural) breeches, garment worn on the thighs (Vetus Latina; also occasionally as singular, femorale (10th cent.)) < classical Latin femor- , femur thigh (see femur n.) + -ālia -al suffix¹. Compare femoral adj. Obsolete. A knee-length pair of trousers or a similar undergarment; a pair of breeches. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > breeches breecha1100 breeka1300 femoralc1450 hosec1460 breecha1500 overstocks1543 strossers1598 strouses1600 breeching1604 brogues1615 trousies1652 small clothes1770 knee-breeches1829 smalls1836 breekums1839 culotte1842 sine qua nons1850 terminations1863 trouserettes1875 strides1889 knee-breech1904 c1450 tr. G. Boccaccio De Claris Mulieribus (1924) l. 393 (MED) Femorals also of new inuencyon She vsyde, that noon shulde vndirstonde Hyr sex naturall. c1525 Rule St. Francis (Faust.) in J. S. Brewer & R. Howlett Monumenta Franciscana (1882) II. 66 (MED) They shall graunt to them the clothyng of probation..ij cootis withoute a hode, a corde, a femoralle. a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 90^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Wit He..tuke ane habet with the cord & femoraill and offerit to Christis pure man. 1609 Bible (Douay) I. Lev. vi. 10 The priest shal be revested with the tunike and the linnen femoralles. 1804 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry II. ii. iii. 27 This sans culotte, for so he was called in France; and well he might; for he was without femorals when he went away, and when he came back. 1851 New Monthly Mag. Oct. 250 His femorals were baggy, and his coat hung like a Guernsey frock on a clothes-horse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2021). femoraladj.n.² Brit. /ˈfɛm(ə)rəl/, /ˈfiːm(ə)rəl/, U.S. /ˈfɛm(ə)rəl/ Forms: 1500s femorall, 1600s– femoral. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin femor- , femur , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin femor-, femur thigh (see femur n.) + -al suffix¹. Compare post-classical Latin femoralis worn on the thigh (4th cent.). Compare femoral n.¹With femoral vein (see e.g. quot. 1597 at sense A.) compare post-classical Latin vena femoralis (see quot. 1688 for femoral vein n. at Compounds). With femoral bone n. at Compounds compare Middle French os femoral (1546 or earlier). Chiefly Anatomy and Zoology. A. adj. Of or relating to the femur or to the thigh; (in early use also) †located on or over the thigh (obsolete). In later use also: of, relating to, or employing the blood vessels of the thigh.In quots. 1731, 1821: (probably) relating to a garment covering the thighs; cf. femoral n.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of arm or leg > bones of leg > [adjective] > bone of thigh femoral1893 patellofemoral1934 1597 P. Lowe Whole Course Chirurg. viii. i. sig. Dd The first of these foure veines is called Popletica & commeth from the veine Femorall. 1731 Second High-German Physician 45 It was in my Power, for the Sum of Five Hundred Guineas, to prepare a Catholicon (to be worn in his femoral Pocket). 1783 P. Pott Chirurg. Wks. (new ed.) II. 14 [Ruptures] are called inguinal, scrotal, femoral..as they happen to make their appearance in the groin, cod, thigh. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. v. 79 Flibbertigibbet..thrust a pin into the rear of the short femoral garment. 1872 T. G. Thomas Pract. Treat. Dis. Women (ed. 3) 636 They may enter the femoral, umbilical and ischiatic openings. 1893 Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 20 162 When the femoral spines are shorter than those of the tibia, each of the two primary rows may become a double or a triple row. 1939 T. L. Green Pract. Animal Biol. i. 198 The upper end is expanded and bears articular surfaces for the femoral condyles. 1977 Ann. Internal Med. 86 446/1 A splenic arteriogram was done via the femoral route with a 6.7 French polyethylene catheter. 2003 Sci. Amer. Jan. 47/1 It has a long femoral neck, which would have placed the shaft at an angle relative to the lower leg (thereby stabilizing the hip). B. n.² A part or structure associated with or located in the region of the thigh or the femur; esp. a femoral artery or vein. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > artery > [noun] > specific artery arterial vein?c1425 adorthy1525 subethal1525 temporal?1541 veiny artery1543 share artery1545 aorta1594 cephalic artery1599 subclavia1615 venous artery1650 subclavicular1656 pulmonary1707 cœliac artery or axis1713 renal1721 radial1723 carotid1741 ranine1753 femoral1754 hypogastric1774 iliac1782 pudical1803 articular1808 pudic1824 anonyma1832 internal mammary1835–6 iliac artery1840 transverse artery1842 innominate artery1866 innominate1879 thyroid axis1881 hyoid1883 medicerebral1889 coronary1893 1754 S. Mihles tr. A. von Haller Physiol. II. xxxv. 309 After giving some slender twigs to the femorals, with still smaller arteries into the pelvis, they ascend reflected back with the bladder on each side of it. 1828 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. VI. 68 Femorals long, tapering, and of the same pale rust tint. 1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 542/1 In the Sloth..the brachials and femorals are split up. 1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 213 The femoral gives off a large branch called the deep femoral. 1927 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 5 Mar. 423/2 As soon as she seemed easier I felt for the femorals, but could find no trace of clot. 1960 D. C. Braungart & R. Buddeke Introd. Animal Biol. (ed. 5) xviii. 282 The femoral divides into two branches, one of which unites with its fellow from the opposite side to form the ventral abdominal vein. 2002 J. Mercurio Bodies (2003) 143 He'd been squatting semi-conscious on his legs so long they're blue and his toes are black..and I can't feel any pulses anywhere below the femorals. Compounds femoral artery n. the principal artery of the thigh, which is a continuation of the external iliac artery, and becomes the popliteal artery. ΚΠ 1735 Lives Most Remarkable Criminals III. 144 The Maid was dead of a Wound in her Thigh, which pierced the Femoral Artery. 1840 Provinc. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 14 Nov. 115/1 But in the lower third of the thigh, just where the femoral artery perforates the tendon of the adductor magnus, a very strong pulsation existed. 1970 R. Calne Gift of Life vii. 54 The arteries of the kidneys are also X-rayed by injecting into them radio-opaque solution using a flexible catheter inserted via the femoral artery in the groin. 2011 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 30 Jan. (News section) 19 A groin wound from a piece of shrapnel can rupture the femoral artery and cause death within minutes. femoral bone n. the thigh bone; = femur n. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of arm or leg > bones of leg > [noun] > bone of thigh femur1666 femoral bone1778 1778 J. R. Forster Observ. Voy. round World vi. 254 I could have recourse to..all the great anatomists of this and former ages, and with them prove from..the form and structure of the acetabulum, and the head of the femoral bones..that man is the only creature of the class which suckle their young ones, who is intended to walk erect. 1831 National Mag. 2 35 The fossilized tusks, teeth, and femoral bones of the hippopotamus, rhinoceros, and hyæna. 1932 E. Conzemius Ethnogr. Surv. Miskito & Sumu Indians (U.S. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. Bull. No. 106) 112 Short 1-toned flutes are also made from the femoral bones of deer, tapir, or other large animals. 2008 Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) (Nexis) 21 May d1 Smaller surgeries, such as realigning the joint or reshaping the femoral bone in a damaged hip, could postpone a total replacement. femoral hernia n. herniation of tissue into the sheath of fascia surrounding the femoral artery and vein as they enter the thigh; an instance of this. ΚΠ 1714 J. Browne Inst. Physick 213 Femoral Hernia's in Women. 1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 4 333 The phænomena which occurred in a case of deep-seated femoral hernia. 1903 Sc. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. Dec. 519 In femoral hernia I have never seen any tendency of the sac to prolapse before closure of the ring. 2001 J. A. Berman Understanding Surg. xxx. 111 The femoral hernia appears as a bulge or sometimes a pain in the femoral area. femoral pulse n. a pulse in the femoral artery, which can be felt in the groin. ΚΠ 1768 tr. L. Heister Gen. Syst. Surg. (ed. 8) II. 400 The Pulse of this femoral Artery.] 1854 W. Stokes Dis. Heart & Aorta xii. 622 The femoral pulse was distinct. 1967 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 23 Sept. 8/1 Femoral pulses and the pulses below the knees were absent in both legs. 2007 Times Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) (Nexis) 3 June d1 The femoral pulse was good, telling Merrick that the man's oxygenated blood was moving through his brain and vital organs. femoral vein n. the principal vein of the thigh, which is a continuation of the popliteal vein and becomes the external iliac vein. ΚΠ 1597Veine Femorall [see sense A.]. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xvii. 425/1 Uena Poplatica, or Poplatick Uein, it lies in the ply or bent of the Ham, and comes from the Uena Femoralis, or Femoral Vein. 1791 W. Vaughan Expos. Princ. Anat. & Physiol. I. 368 The femoral vein gradually receives 1. The External Pudendal, 2. The Ischiatic. 1871 J. King Amer. Eclectic Obstetr. (ed. 2) 639 This affection may be known, by..the hard, cord-like, and painful condition of the femoral vein. 1994 H. T. Milhorn Drug & Alcohol Abuse xxv. 299 He decided to try to inject the material into the femoral vein, a large vein located deep in the groin area. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.¹c1450adj.n.²1597
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† femoraln.1

femoraladj.n.2

Compounds

† femoraln.¹

femoraladj.n.²