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A round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone
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condyle
Word definitions for condyle in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context anatomy English) A smooth prominence on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Condyle \Con"dyle\ (? or ?), n. [L. condylus knuckle, joint, Gr. ko`ndylos: cf. F. condyle.] (Anat.) A bony prominence; particularly, an eminence at the end of a bone bearing a rounded articular surface; -- sometimes applied also to a concave articular ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Condyle may refer to: Condyle (anatomy) , the round prominence at the end of a bone Condyle septiform, an intrusion of the endocarp into the seed cavity of flowering plants like Abuta ca:Còndil de:Kondylus
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1630s, "knob at the end of a bone," from French condyle (16c.), from Latin condylus , from Greek kondylos "a knuckle," which is of unknown origin.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone
Usage examples of condyle.
They received it in the air and guided it downward, applying its condyle with delicacy—almost tenderness—in its proper orientation to that of the penultimate bone.
On the other hand, there is sufficient connective tissue to hold the corpse together, and there are ragged ends of muscle tissue around the medial and lateral condyles of the femur and more clinging to the sacrum and ischium.
As I was returning it to LSJML 38427,1 noticed a tiny nick on the right mandibular condyle.