Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun femoral_vein

1 sense of femoral vein

Sense 1
femoral vein, vena femoralis -- (a vein that accompanies the femoral artery in the same sheath; a continuation of the popliteal vein; becomes the external iliac vein)
       => vein, vena, venous blood vessel -- (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood")