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Definition: Condyle |
CondyleNoun1. A round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "condyle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1927. (references) |
Etymology: Condyle \Con"dyle\, noun. [Latin expression condylus knuckle, joint, Greek ko`ndylos: compare to the French expression condyle.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Convexity | Tooth, knob, elbow, process, apophysis, condyle, bulb, node, nodule, nodosity, tongue, dorsum, bump, clump; sugar loaf; (sharpness); bow; mamelon; molar; belly, corporation, pot belly, gut; withers, back, shoulder, lip, flange. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Condyle |
| English words defined with "condyle": condylar, Condylar foramen, condylar process, condylion, Condyloid, condyloid process ♦ epicondyle, Epitrochlea ♦ glenoid fossa ♦ lateral condyle, lateral epicondyle ♦ mandibular condyle, mandibular fossa, medial condyle, Monocondyla ♦ Paroccipital ♦ Supracondyloid. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "condyle": Anterior Cruciate Ligament ♦ Posterior Cruciate Ligament. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "condyle": Monocondyla. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Lower half of right femur, with ball impacted above the inner condyle. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | To keep this motion smooth, a soft disc lies between the condyle and the temporal bone. This disc absorbs shocks to the TMJ from chewing and other movements. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Condyle" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Condyle" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "condyle": lateral condyle ♦ Mandibular Condyle ♦ medial condyle ♦ medial humeral condyle. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
condyle | 11 |
condyle femoral medial | 9 |
anatomy articular condyle disc tmj | 8 |
condyle femoral | 6 |
condyle femoral lateral | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "condyle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 髁. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Kondyl (condylus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | condylus (condylus), condyl (condylus), capitulum (capitulum, condylus, small head), gewrichtsknobbel (condylus), beenuiteinde (condylus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | mediaalinen epikondyliitti (epicondylitis medialis humeri, golf elbow, golfer's elbow, golfers'elbow, medial epicondylitis, medial humeral condyle), golfinpelaajan kyynärpää (epicondylitis medialis humeri, golf arm, golf elbow, golfer's elbow, golfers'elbow, medial epicondylitis, medial humeral condyle), epicondylitis medialis humeri (epicondylitis medialis humeri, golf elbow, golfer's elbow, golfers'elbow, medial epicondylitis, medial humeral condyle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | condyle (condylus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Condylus (condylus), Kondylus (condylus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κόνδυλος (condylus, nodule, root tuber, tuber, tuber crop). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | condilo (condylus), processo condiloideo (condylus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 관 구. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ondylecay côndilo (condylus). (various references) cóndilo (condylus). (various references) tennisarmbåge (epicondylitis medialis humeri, golf elbow, golfer's elbow, golfers'elbow, medial epicondylitis, medial humeral condyle), epikondylit (epicondylitis medialis humeri, golf elbow, golfer's elbow, golfers'elbow, medial epicondylitis, medial humeral condyle). (various references) kondil, kemik ucu yumrusu. (various references) lõi cầu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "condyle": condyles. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-l-n-o-y" | |
-1 letter: cloned, cloyed. | |
-2 letters: clone, coden, coled, coned, coney, coyed, decoy, dolce, doyen, dynel, loden, odyle, olden, yodel, yodle. | |
-3 letters: clod, clon, cloy, code, coed, cold, cole, coly, cone, cony, deco, deny, dole, done, dyne, enol, lend, leno, lode, lone, node, noel, odyl, oldy, once, only, yeld, yond. | |
-4 letters: cel, cod, col, con, coy, del. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-l-n-o-y" | |
+1 letter: condyles, secondly, uncloyed. | |
+2 letters: cotyledon. | |
+3 letters: chalcedony, concededly, confusedly, consumedly, cotyledons, cyclodiene. | |
+4 letters: anecdotally, commendably, conceitedly, concertedly, confessedly, confidently, confirmedly, connectedly, contentedly, cyclodienes, demonically, dicotyledon, doxycycline, hedonically, reconditely, scoundrelly, secondarily, uncloudedly. | |
+5 letters: adolescently, candyflosses, coincidently, confoundedly, considerably, coordinately, cotyledonary, curmudgeonly, cyclodextrin, demoniacally, dicotyledons, doxycyclines, encyclopedia, encyclopedic, indecorously, mendaciously, occidentally, oleandomycin, pronouncedly, radiolucency. | |
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