condyle
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condyle
- /ˈkɒndɪl/
- /ˈkɒndaɪl/
Where it comes from
From French condyle, from Latin condylus, from Ancient Greek κόνδυλος (kóndulos, “knuckle”).
noun condyles
- A smooth prominence on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone. 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
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Talk about this word "condyle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/condyle. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. condyle. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/condyle "condyle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/condyle.Cite this
@misc{condyle_2026,
title = {condyle},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/condyle},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
