1. a vein that accompanies the femoral artery in the same sheath; a continuation of the popliteal vein; becomes the external iliac vein; [syn: femoral vein, vena femoralis]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
femoral vein
n 1: a vein that accompanies the femoral artery in the same
sheath; a continuation of the popliteal vein; becomes the
external iliac vein [syn: femoral vein, vena femoralis]