condyle

A smooth prominence on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone.

Noun

  1. A smooth prominence on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone.
    • “It's the upper condyle of a human femur,” said I. - 1927, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place, Norton, published 2005, page 1717:

Origin

From French condyle, from Latin condylus, from Ancient Greek κόνδυλος (kóndulos, “knuckle”).

Forms

condyles

Related

condylo-

Derived

condylar condylectomy condylic condylion condyloid ectocondyle entocondyle epicondyle hemicondyle zygocondyle