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Bone :: Bone (n.) One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any fragment of bony substance. (pl.) The frame or skeleton of the body..

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..

Waistcloth :: Waistcloth (n.) A cloth or wrapper worn about the waist; by extension, such a garment worn about the hips and passing between the thighs..

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..

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..

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..

Hook :: Hook (n.) The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also hook bones.

Precrural :: Precrural (a.) Situated in front of the leg or thigh; as, the precrural glands of the horse..

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

Tulle :: Tulle (n.) In plate armor, a suspended plate in from of the thigh. See Illust. of Tasses..

Breeches :: Breeches (n. pl.) A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes..

Scurvy :: Scurvy (n.) A disease characterized by livid spots, especially about the thighs and legs, due to extravasation of blood, and by spongy gums, and bleeding from almost all the mucous membranes. It is accompanied by paleness, languor, depression, and general debility. It is occasioned by confinement, innutritious food, and hard labor, but especially by lack of fresh vegetable food, or confinement for a long time to a limited range of food, which is incapable of repairing the waste of the system. It

Femur :: Femur (n.) The thigh bone.

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

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

Biceps :: Biceps (n.) A muscle having two heads or origins; -- applied particularly to a flexor in the arm, and to another in the thigh..

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

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..

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

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..

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