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thigh gap

The space visible between one's inner thighs when one stands with knees touching or almost touching. Because thinness contributes to a thigh gap, this concept is often regarded or criticized as a beauty ideal. I worry that the media is encouraging young girls to see a thigh gap as beautiful and necessary.

thigh-slapper

A hilarious joke, especially one that evokes loud and prolonged laughter. My uncle told me a real thigh-slapper the other day! Do you want to hear it?

thunder-thighs

1. slang Fat or chubby thighs. I really want to get rid of these thunder-thighs, so I've resolved to start eating healthy and exercising three times a week. Their three-month-old has the cutest little thunder-thighs you've ever seen!

2. slang Someone with particularly fat or chubby thighs. Gosh, you were quite the thunder-thighs when you were a baby, huh? A: "Maybe you should lay off the fast food, thunder-thighs." B: "What kind of creep actually says that to someone?"

thunder-thighs

n. big or fat thighs. (Cruel. Also a rude term of address.) Here, thunder-thighs, let me get you a chair or two.

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While the oven heats: Using paper towels, pat each of the chicken thighs dry.

Oven-fried Keto-Friendly Chicken Thighs

The medial thigh flap is based on septocutaneous branch of femoral artery.

Medial Thigh Flap: An Eminent Method of Reconstruction of Scrotal Defect Following Fournier's Gangrene

Once the pressure was reduced, the teams were able to pull the casualty free using a sling positioned under her thighs.

Crews pull woman free from mud

To the Editor: A 48-year-old woman presented with a plaque on her left helix that had persisted for 20 years, erythemas and scales on both earlobes present for 9 months, and papules on both thighs present for 6 months.

A Rare Case of Lupus Vulgaris with Papulonecrotic Tuberculid and Discoid Lupus Erythematosus

We performed an analysis of intensity-modulated RT (IMRT) plans designed with and without intent to spare ovaries for STS of the thigh and buttock to assess whether the ovary-sparing plans could achieve ovary dose reduction without compromising target coverage and to determine if there are clinical predictors of ovarian dose reduction with the new plans.

Ovary-Sparing Radiation Planning Techniques Can Achieve Ovarian Dose Reduction for Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Buttock and Thigh

"As a precise and highly efficient automatic system it reduces labor costs by 35% relative to competitive systems, while producing thigh fillets with an outstanding level of presentation." The thigh deboner is suitable for fresh and matured anatomical thighs, processing both left and right thighs with no handling prior to production.

Meyn introduces the TDS Thigh Deboning M 1.0

A superficial dissection was done in the superficial fascia of the lower limb to dissect the GSV from its beginning in front of medial malleolus at ankle to its termination into the femoral vein in the upper thigh region at the saphenous opening.

Morphological variations in duplication of great Saphenous vein

In these situations, the options are placement of tunneled dialysis catheters (TDCs) or thigh grafts.

A cross-sectional survey of hemodialysis patients on their preference for arm vs. thigh grafts

Appendix carry is dangerous in that the firearm is pointing at the thigh. A gunshot wound to the femoral artery in the thigh could cause someone to bleed out quickly.

AIWB? Not me!

I am an avowed leg man myself and have always had my eye on the turkey thigh. To me, there is no better part of the bird.

Mouthwatering wild turkey thighs: don't let your turkey thighs go to waste this season--capitalize on this oh-so-succulent meat

Abu Dhabi: An Indian worker in Abu Dhabi miraculously survived a crane accident when a massive steel bar punctured his thigh, shattering his bones and muscles.

Miraculous escape for Indian worker

The new CoolSmooth handpiece is unique because of its flat cooling plates that does not require suctioning of the fat and can be placed directly on the previously untreated and hard-to-suction area - the outer thighs. This new handpiece is dedicated to treat the outer thighs and offers patients a 360 degree transformation when combined with the CoolFit for the inner thigh treatment.

New CoolSculpting Handpiece Removes Fat in Previously Untreatable Area

The hinge joint consists of the thigh bone (femur) and the shin bone (tibia) and medically is called the tibiofemoral joint.

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Using a paring knife, remove the skin and bone from 2 of the chicken thighs. Place the thigh meat in a food processor and pulse until finely chopped.