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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..

Femur :: Femur (n.) The proximal segment of the hind limb containing the thigh bone; the thigh. See Coxa.

Genitocrural :: Genitocrural (a.) Pertaining to the genital organs and the thigh; -- applied especially to one of the lumbar nerves.

Tasse :: Tasse (n.) A piece of armor for the thighs, forming an appendage to the ancient corselet..

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..

Arms :: Arms (n.) The legs of a hawk from the thigh to the foot.

Cotyloid :: Cotyloid (a.) Shaped like a cup; as, the cotyloid cavity, which receives the head of the thigh bone..

Crural :: Crural (a.) Of or pertaining to the thigh or leg, or to any of the parts called crura; as, the crural arteries; crural arch; crural canal; crural ring..

Thigh :: Thigh (n.) The coxa, or femur, of an insect..

Cuish :: Cuish (n.) Defensive armor for the thighs.

Circumflex :: Circumflex (a.) Curved circularly; -- applied to several arteries of the hip and thigh, to arteries, veins, and a nerve of the shoulder, and to other parts..

Sciatica :: Sciatica (n.) Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, an affection characterized by paroxysmal attacks of pain in the buttock, back of the thigh, or in the leg or foot, following the course of the branches of the sciatic nerve. The name is also popularly applied to various painful affections of the hip and the parts adjoining it. See Ischiadic passion, under Ischiadic..

Tasset :: Tasset (n.) A defense for the front of the thigh, consisting of one or more iron plates hanging from the belt on the lower edge of the corselet..

Groin :: Groin (n.) The line between the lower part of the abdomen and the thigh, or the region of this line; the inguen..

Crus :: Crus (n.) That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank..

Femoral :: Femoral (a.) Pertaining to the femur or thigh; as, the femoral artery..

Gaskins :: Gaskins (n.pl.) A horse's thighs.

Ham :: Ham (n.) The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured by salting and smoking..

Knee :: Knee (n.) The joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh and leg..

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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