siz noun
a plural of crux.
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noun, plural crux·es, cru·ces 
[kroo-seez] .
[kroo-seez] . 1.
a vital, basic, decisive, or pivotal point: The crux of the trial was his whereabouts at the time of the murder.
2.
a cross.
3.
something that torments by its puzzling nature; a perplexing difficulty.
Origin:
1635–45; < Latin: stake, scaffold, or cross used in executions, torment; figurative senses perhaps < Neo-Latin crux (interpretum) (commentators') torment, a difficult passage in a text; cf. crucial
1635–45; < Latin: stake, scaffold, or cross used in executions, torment; figurative senses perhaps < Neo-Latin crux (interpretum) (commentators') torment, a difficult passage in a text; cf. crucial
Synonyms
1. essence, heart, core, gist.
1. essence, heart, core, gist.
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crux (krʌks) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl cruxes, cruces | |
| 1. | a vital or decisive stage, point, etc (often in the phrase the crux of the matter) |
| 2. | a baffling problem or difficulty |
| 3. | mountaineering the most difficult and often decisive part of a climb or pitch |
| 4. | a rare word for cross |
| [C18: from Latin: cross] | |
| Crux (krʌks) | |
| —n , Latin genitive Crucis | |
| the more formal name for the Southern Cross | |
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Word Origin & History
crux
1814, "cross," from L. crux "cross." Figurative use for "a central difficulty," is older, from 1718; perhaps from L. crux interpretum "a point in a text that is impossible to interpret," in which the literal sense is something like "crossroads of interpreters."
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Medical Dictionary
crux (krŭks, kr&oobreve;ks)
n. pl. crux·es or cru·ces (kr&oomacr;'sēz)
A cross or a crosslike structure.
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