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crural

crural

9.9
Relating to the part of the leg between the knee and the foot
  • adjective
  • /ˈkruːrəl/
  • Specialized
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  • The surgeon carefully examined the crural region to ensure there were no injuries.
  • crural muscles
  • pectoral and crural muscles

Examples

  • "Only their lower limbs are left joined together, "containing just the crural nerves."

    The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)

  • Unlike the previous study by Charlton et al. (Charlton et al., 2004), there was the introduction of a two-axis model for the ankle complex that accounted for the talo-crural and subtalar joint rotations.

    Academic text (2016)

  • During the training, we focused on strengthening the crural muscles to improve athletic performance.

  • She felt a strain in her crural area after running the marathon.

Compounds

anterior crural nerve
  • Specialized
7.9

A large nerve that comes from the lower back and sends signals to the front thigh muscles and skin

Surface Forms

crural positive

Morphology

crural = crur + al

The word is built from a Latin combining form 'crur-' (leg) plus the suffix '-al'; the root is not a productive or recognizable English base, so learners cannot transparently derive the meaning.

Etymology

Crural comes from the Latin root crus, which means 'leg'. So crural describes things that belong to the leg, especially the lower part between the knee and the foot.