condyle — English Dictionary

Noun

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

   Related words

   condylo-

   Examples

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   Primitively the exoccipitals took but little part in the formation of the occipital condyle, but in many later reptiles they form a large part, as in the Chelonia (Fig. 31 b), or even the whole, as in the Amphisbaenia (Fig. 56 b); or, by the recession of the basioccipital, the double condyles of the Cynodontia and mammals.

   “It's the upper condyle of a human femur,” said I.

Noun

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

   Broader terms

   processoutgrowthappendage