Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In anatomy and physiology, pertaining to or derived from a crypt. See crypt, 3.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to crypts.

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  • adjective anatomy Of or pertaining to crypts (small pits or cavities in the body).

Etymologies

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crypt +‎ -al

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Examples

  • A gloomy-looking cryptal room on the ground floor was probably the one occupied by Joan.

    Joan of Arc Gower, Ronald Sutherland, Lord, 1845-1916 1893

  • A gloomy-looking cryptal room on the ground floor was probably the one occupied by

    Joan of Arc Ronald Sutherland Gower 1880

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