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Noun: femoral nerve
  1. One of a pair of nerves that originate from lumbar nerves and supply the muscles and skin of the anterior part of the thigh
    - nervus femoralis, anterior crural nerve

Derived forms: femoral nerves

Type of: nervus spinalis, spinal nerve

Part of: thigh

Encyclopedia: Femoral nerve