crural
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the leg or the hind limb.
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Anatomy, Zoology. of or relating to the leg proper, or crus.
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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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Anterior crural neuralgia, an aggravated case, promptly relieved.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
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.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard
In some nervous subjects that seem to be suffering from cramp of the crural muscles, the difficulty and pain of their being backed out of narrow stalls, accentuates the nervousness.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
There was impairment of sensation in the area of distribution of the external cutaneous and crural branch of the genito-crural nerves.
From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by Makins, George Henry
From its long recubation, it had become divested of its bark, foliage, and smaller branches; leaving only its knarled trunk and concomitant adjuncts, its crural like limbs.
From Fern Vale (Volume 1) or the Queensland Squatter by Munro, Colin
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