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condyle Anat.|ˈkɒndɪl|
Also condyl.
[prob. a. F. condyle (in Paré 16th c.), ad. L. condyl-us, a. Gr. κόνδυλος a knuckle. (The superfluous final e appears to be from French.)]
†1. A blow given with the clenched fist. Obs.
1644Bulwer Chirol. 180 The stroake inflicted with the Hand thus composed, hath from antiquity retained the name of Condyl.
2. A rounded process at the end of a bone serving to form an articulation with another bone; esp. applied to the two protuberances of the occipital bone which articulate with the atlas (occipital condyles).
1634T. Johnson Parey's Chirurg. Wks. 237 The roote of the inner condyle of the thigh. 1758J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) 36 The Neck of the Condyll of the Jaw-bone. 1802Paley Nat. Theol. 127 Between the condyls. 1834Sir C. Bell Hand 85 The radius..has a depression with a polished surface for revolving on the condyle of the humerus. 1872Huxley Physiol. vii. 170 The two convex occipital condyles of the skull.
3. Applied to the rounded ends of the tibia, and similar parts in the jointed members of arthropoda. |