CONDYLION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does condylion mean? 

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

1. the craniometric point at the tip of the mandibular condyle

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONDYLION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The craniometric point at the tip of the mandibular condyle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

craniometric point (a landmark on the skull from which craniometric measurements can be taken)

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

ramus (the posterior part of the mandible that is more or less vertical)