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Condyle

noun

A round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone.

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Etymology of 'Condyle'

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lateral condyle

mandibular condyle

medial condyle

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"Condyle" Quotes from Famous Books

... shaft is not a mere rudiment, fused into one bone with the radius. There are three toes, one large in the middle and one small on each side. The femur is quite like that of a horse, and has the characteristic fossa above the external condyle. In the British Museum there is a most instructive specimen of the leg-bones, showing that the fibula was represented by the external malleolus and by a flat tongue of bone, which extends up from it on the outer ...

— Discourses - Biological and Geological Essays • Thomas H. Huxley

... nose, of the orbit, and of the ears require certain forms and structures to fit them for giving perfection to the senses of smell, sight, and hearing, so necessary to animals of prey. In short, the shape and structure of the teeth regulate the forms of the condyle, of the shoulder-blade, and of the claws, in the same manner as the equation of a curve regulates all its other properties; and as in regard to any particular curve all its properties may be ascertained by assuming ...

— A History of Science, Volume 4(of 5) • Henry Smith Williams

Words linked to "Condyle" : os, process, mandibular condyle, outgrowth, bone, appendage, condyloid process, condylar, condylar process