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COMMUNICANS POPLITEI

\kəmjˈuːnɪkənz pˈɒpla͡ɪtˌa͡ɪ], \kəmjˈuːnɪkənz pˈɒpla‍ɪtˌa‍ɪ], \k_ə_m_j_ˈuː_n_ɪ_k_ə_n_z p_ˈɒ_p_l_aɪ_t_ˌaɪ]\

Definitions of COMMUNICANS POPLITEI

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science

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A large nerve, which arises from the popliteal, and, at a variable distance below the articulation of the knew, receives the communicans peronei from the peroneal nerve, - the two forming the external sophenous nerve.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

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