Femoral is the doctor’s word for things that belong to the thigh — above all to the thigh bone. The femoral artery is the big blood vessel in the thigh; the femoral nerve lives there too; a femoral fracture is a break of that bone.

Femoral is the doctor's word for things that belong to the thigh — above all to the thigh bonefemoral是醫生用來指「跟大腿有關」的字——尤其是跟大腿骨有關。The femoral artery is the big blood vessel in the thighfemoral artery是大腿裡那條大血管 the femoral nerve lives there toofemoral nerve也位在那裡 a femoral fracture is a break of that bonea femoral fracture則是那根骨頭的骨折。

Though actually, femoral is almost always an adjective, not the name of the bone itself. The bone is the femur. Word lists sometimes squash the two together (“femoral = the thigh bone”), which is close enough for a picture, but in a hospital you will hear femoral in front of another word: femoral pulse, femoral canal, femoral hernia.

Though actually, femoral is almost always an adjective, not the name of the bone itself不過其實，femoral幾乎都是當形容詞用，不是那根骨頭本身的名字。The bone is the femur那根骨頭叫做femur。Word lists sometimes squash the two together ('femoral = the thigh bone')有些單字表會把兩者混在一起（「femoral＝大腿骨」） which is close enough for a picture當作一個大概的印象還算可以 but in a hospital you will hear femoral in front of another word: femoral pulse, femoral canal, femoral hernia但在醫院裡，你會聽到femoral出現在另一個字前面：femoral pulse（股動脈搏動）、femoral canal（股管）、femoral hernia（股疝氣）。

It is formal and medical. You will not hear it in a café, unless someone has just come from A&E.

It is formal and medical這個詞正式又偏醫學。You will not hear it in a café, unless someone has just come from A&E你不會在咖啡廳裡聽到它，除非有人剛從急診室回來。