LATERAL CONDYLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lateral condyle mean? 

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

1. a condyle on the outer side of the lower extremity of the femur

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LATERAL CONDYLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A condyle on the outer side of the lower extremity of the femur

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

condyle (a round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone)

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

femoris; femur; thighbone (the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee)

 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)