condyle
pronunciation
How to pronounce condyle in British English:
UK ['kɒndɪl]
How to pronounce condyle in American English:
US ['kɒndəl]
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- Noun:
- a round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone
Word Origin
- condyle (n.)
- 1630s, "knob at the end of a bone," from French condyle (16c.), from Latin condylus, from Greek kondylos "a knuckle," which is of unknown origin.
Example
- 1. Open reduction and internal fixation for tibial condyle fracture .
- 2. Of or relating to or resembling a condyle .
- 3. Objective to study the cell biological characteristics of dedifferentiated condyle chondrocytes .
- 4. Treatment of fractures of distal femur with dynamic condyle screw .
- 5. Among the remains , the team noticed a spherical bone , called a basioccipital condyle , found in all mammals and reptiles that joins the base of the skull to the spinal cord .