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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A rounded projection at the end of a bone, located on or above a condyle and usually serving as a place of attachment for ligaments and tendons.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In anatomy, a name given by Chaussier to the external condyle or outer protuberance on the lower extremity of the humerus or arm-bone, which aids in forming the elbow-joint.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Anat.) A projection on the inner side of the distal end of the humerus; the internal condyle.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun anatomy A protuberance above the condyle of a bone to which ligaments or tendons are attached

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles and ligaments

Etymologies

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epi- +‎ condyle

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