CONDYLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does condyle mean? 

• CONDYLE (noun)
  The noun CONDYLE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CONDYLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONDYLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("condyle" is a kind of...):

appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "condyle"):

condylar process; condyloid process; mandibular condyle (the condyle of the ramus of the mandible that articulates with the skull)

lateral condyle (a condyle on the outer side of the lower extremity of the femur)

medial condyle (a condyle on the inner side of the lower extremity of the femur)

Holonyms ("condyle" is a part of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Derivation:

condylar (of or relating to or resembling a condyle)

 Context examples 

A muscle originating at the lateral condyle of the tibia and the upper portion of the anterior margin of the fibula and inserted at the dorsal surface of the proximal, middle and distal phalanges of the second, third, fourth, and fifth toes which controls their extension.

(Extensor Digitorum Longus, NCI Thesaurus)