What is "condyloid process"

n. the condyle of the ramus of the mandible that articulates with the skull [syn: condylar process, mandibular condyle]

The condyloid process or condylar process is the process on the human mandible and some other species' mandibles that ends in a condyle, the mandibular condyle. It is thicker than the coronoid process of the mandible and consists of two portions: the condyle and the constricted portion which supports it, the neck.