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cru•ral
(krŏŏr′əl),USA pronunciation adj.
- Anatomyof or pertaining to the leg or the hind limb.
- Anatomy, Zoologyof or pertaining to the leg proper, or crus.
- Latin crūrālis belonging to the legs, equivalent. to crūr- (stem of crūs) leg + -ālis -al1
- 1590–1600