Definition of "crus" []

• The section of the leg or hind limb between the knee and foot; shank. (noun)
• A leglike part. (noun)
• A body part consisting of elongated masses or diverging bands that resemble legs or roots. (noun)

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• "In another branch of the Indo-European family, the same stem * kro - produced the Latin word crus, "dear.""
• "As the fibres of the medulla pass up through the pons to the great inferior ganglion, and the fibres of the corpus striatum pass outward and upward to form the cerebrum, this procession of the fibres is shown in the annexed engraving, in which we see the restiform bodies passing up to form the cerebellum, and the remainder of the medulla fibres passing through the pons, and then, under the name crus cerebri or thigh of the cerebrum, passing through the thalamus and striatum to expand in the left hemisphere of the cerebrum."
• ""We ain't got to de las 'crus' yit, an 'I couldn't make my dinneh on a crus' nohow."