a. Anat. Also -æal. [f. next.] Situated under the crureus; pertaining to the subcrureus. So Subcrurean a.

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1839–47.  Todd’s Cycl. Anat., III. 49/1. We have known inflammation of the synovial membrane of the knee to have been the result of a wound of the subcruræal bursa.

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1859.  Mayne, Expos. Lex., Subcruræus,… subcrurean.

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