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crural

/ˈkɹʊəɹəl/ adjective

Latin root: crūrālis Wiktionary

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  1. Pertaining to the leg.
  2. Leg-like in shape or constitution.
  3. 1 2 3 4 “crural, a. (and n.)” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2 Ed.; 1989]

Origin

From Latin crūrālis, from crūs (“leg”) (stem: crūr-). By surface analysis, crur- + -al.

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