Definition of thigh

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Thigh (n.) The proximal segment of the hind limb between the knee and the trunk. See Femur.

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Sartorius :: Sartorius (n.) A muscle of the thigh, called the tailor's muscle, which arises from the hip bone and is inserted just below the knee. So named because its contraction was supposed to produce the position of the legs assumed by the tailor in sitting..
Groin :: Groin (n.) The line between the lower part of the abdomen and the thigh, or the region of this line; the inguen..
Cotyloid :: Cotyloid (a.) Shaped like a cup; as, the cotyloid cavity, which receives the head of the thigh bone..
Femur :: Femur (n.) The thigh bone.
Lap :: Lap (n.) The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; as, to be reared in the lap of luxury..
Biceps :: Biceps (n.) A muscle having two heads or origins; -- applied particularly to a flexor in the arm, and to another in the thigh..
Gammon :: Gammon (n.) The buttock or thigh of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch..
Crus :: Crus (n.) That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank..
Merocele :: Merocele (n.) Hernia in the thigh; femoral hernia .
Arms :: Arms (n.) The legs of a hawk from the thigh to the foot.
Thigh :: Thigh (n.) The coxa, or femur, of an insect..
Femoral :: Femoral (a.) Pertaining to the femur or thigh; as, the femoral artery..
Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone.
Twister :: Twister (n.) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback..
Precrural :: Precrural (a.) Situated in front of the leg or thigh; as, the precrural glands of the horse..
Ham :: Ham (n.) The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured by salting and smoking..
Belly :: Belly (n.) That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen..
Breeches :: Breeches (n. pl.) A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes..
Demisuit :: Demisuit (n.) A suit of light armor covering less than the whole body, as having no protection for the legs below the thighs, no vizor to the helmet, and the like..
Saphenous :: Saphenous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the saphenous veins; as, the saphenous nerves; the saphenous opening, an opening in the broad fascia of the thigh through which the internal saphenous vein passes..
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