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Gaelic football (sh) and neck of femur (medicine)


Gaelic football (sh)




Irish sport, an offshoot of the violent medieval game melee.

In the modern game, sides are limited to 15 players. Players may not throw the ball but may dribble it with hand or foot and may punch or punt it toward their opponents' goal. Goals count as either one or three points, depending on whether the ball passes above (one) or below (three) a crossbar attached to the goalposts. It is played mostly in Ireland and the U.S.


neck of femur (medicine)


neck of femur


A short, constricted, strong bar projecting at an obtuse angle (about 125? from the upper end of the shaft of the thigh bone and supporting its head.

Synonym: collum ossis femoris, collum femoris, neck of thigh bone.