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femoral(medicine)
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femoral opening (medicine) and sinningia (iou)


femoral opening (medicine)


femoral opening -->
adductor hiatus


The aperture in the aponeurotic insertion of the adductor magnus that transmits the femoral artery and vein from the adductor canal to the popliteal space.

Synonym: hiatus tendineus, hiatus adductorius, femoral opening, tendinous opening.


sinningia (iou)



sinningia noun. E19.
[mod. Latin (see below), from Wilhelm Sinning (1794-1874), German botanist + -IA1.]
Any of various tropical American plants constituting the genus Sinningia (family Gesneriaceae), with velvety-hairy trumpet-shaped flowers; esp. S. speciosa, the parent of many varieties commonly known as gloxinias.