| thigh | | |
| n. (body) | 1. thigh | the part of the leg between the hip and the knee. |
| ~ musculus adductor brevis | the short adductor muscle of the thigh. |
| ~ musculus adductor longus | the long adductor muscle of the thigh. |
| ~ great adductor muscle, musculus adductor magnus | the muscle that adducts and extends the thigh. |
| ~ musculus quadriceps femoris, quadriceps, quadriceps femoris, quad | a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg. |
| ~ arteria circumflexa femoris, circumflex artery of the thigh | an artery that supplies the hip joint and thigh muscles. |
| ~ arteria femoralis, femoral artery | the chief artery of the thigh; a continuation of the external iliac artery. |
| ~ femoral vein, vena femoralis | a vein that accompanies the femoral artery in the same sheath; a continuation of the popliteal vein; becomes the external iliac vein. |
| ~ limb | one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper. |
| ~ leg | a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle. |
| ~ lap | the upper side of the thighs of a seated person.; "he picked up the little girl and plopped her down in his lap" |
| ~ anterior crural nerve, femoral nerve, nervus femoralis | one of a pair of nerves that originate from lumbar nerves and supply the muscles and skin of the anterior part of the thigh. |
| ~ femoris, femur, thighbone | the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee. |
| ~ femoral biceps, musculus biceps femoris | the biceps muscle of the thigh; it flexes the knee and rotates the leg laterally. |
| ~ articulatio coxae, coxa, hip joint, hip | the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum. |
| n. (food) | 2. second joint, thigh | the upper joint of the leg of a fowl. |
| ~ helping, serving, portion | an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal.; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each" |
| ~ bird, fowl | the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food. |
| ~ dark meat | the flesh of the legs of fowl used as food. |
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