crucial

crucial
crucial, ale
(kru-si-al, a-l') adj.
Terme technique. Qui est fait en croix. Des ferrements cruciaux.
   Ah ! quel plaisir je vais prendre à faire sur son corps [un corps à disséquer] une incision cruciale et à lui ouvrir le ventre depuis le cartilage xiphoïde jusqu'aux os pubis !, HAUTEROCHE Crispin médecin, II, 4.
   Le chirurgien me fit d'abord une incision cruciale, VOLT. Cand. 28.
   XVIe s.
   Faut faire la section triangulaire ou cruciale, de grandeur qu'il sera besoin, PARÉ VIII, 4.
   Lat. crux, croix (voy. croix).

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