Crural

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  • adjective. Of or relating to the leg, shank, or thigh.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to the crum. See crus.
  • Pertaining to the leg or hind limb: as, a crural artery or vein; the anterior crural nerves; the crural arch, or Poupart's ligament.
  • Pertaining to the leg proper, or crus, as distinguished from the thigh; cnemial; tibial.
  • Pertaining to the crura or peduncles of the brain.
  • Shaped like a leg or root.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to the thigh or leg, or to any of the parts called crura.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. of or relating the leg from the knee to the foot
  • Word Usage
    "So-called crural paralysis or "hip swinney" is occasionally observed but this is not a condition wherein the nerve is affected in the manner that characterizes the marked atrophy of quadriceps femoris (crural) muscles in some cases of hemaglobinuria."
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