condyle — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

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

   Parole correlate

   condylo-

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   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.

Sostantivo

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

   Termini più generali

   processoutgrowthappendage