Definitions for crural

crural cru·ral

Spelling: [kroo r-uh l]
IPA: /ˈkrʊər əl/

Crural is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 56 anagrams from letters in crural (aclrru).

Definitions for crural

adjective

  1. of or relating to the leg or the hind limb.
  2. Anatomy, Zoology. of or relating to the leg proper, or crus.

Origin of crural

1590-1600; Latin crūrālis belonging to the legs, equivalent to crūr- (stem of crūs) leg + -ālis -al1

Examples for crural

The crural Plexus is divided into a crural, ischiadic and pubic portion.

Impaired sensation in area of distribution of external cutaneous and crural branch of genito-crural nerves.

Seven or eight cubic inches of common air were injected gradually into the crural artery of a large dog.

A drachm and a half of mercury, mixed with some warm water, was injected into the crural artery of a large dog.

The fourth and fifth pairs are larger than the succeeding, and open externally to the crural glands.

An ounce of putrid water, in which some beef had been macerated, was injected into the crural artery of a middling-sized dog.

Oedema of one extremity follows a thrombus in the crural vein.

Three drachms of olive oil were thrown into the crural artery of a large dog.

The name “coxal gland” needs to be carefully distinguished from “crural gland,” with which it is apt to be confused.

The crural glands, which occur in many terrestrial Arthropods, are epidermal in origin and totally distinct from the coxal glands.

Word Value for crural
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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