adjective
Other Word Forms
- intercrural adjective
- postcrural adjective
- precrural adjective
Etymology
Origin of crural
1590–1600; < Latin crūrālis belonging to the legs, equivalent to crūr- (stem of crūs ) leg + -ālis -al 1
Example Sentences
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The blacksmith's arm, the dancer's legs, the jockey's crural adductors, illustrate direct results of practice; "� force de forger on devient forgeron."
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Anterior crural neuralgia, an aggravated case, promptly relieved.
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After the animal has been killed the hind limbs are detached and skinned; the crural nerves and their attachments to the lumbar vertebrae remaining.
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It is sometimes named the ‘internal or tibial flexor of the leg,’ in opposition to the crural biceps, which, as stated above, is then the external flexor of the same region.
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Sometimes the branches of the anterior crural become the seat of intensely painful points in the course of a long-persisting sciatica.
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