Definitions for condyles

condyles con·dyle

Spelling: [kon-dahyl, -dl]
IPA: /ˈkɒn daɪl, -dl/

Condyles is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 337 anagrams from letters in condyles (cdelnosy).

Definitions for condyles

noun

  1. Anatomy. the smooth surface area at the end of a bone, forming part of a joint.
  2. (in arthropods) a similar process formed from the hard integument.

Origin of condyles

1625-35; variant of condyl New Latin condylus knuckle Greek kóndylos

Examples for condyles

The inferior articular surface has the form of a simple pulley, for the condyle is very slightly marked.

For reasons which we will explain further on (see p. 127, movements of the lower jaw), the condyle presents differences of form.

The rest of the condyle, on each side, is formed by the exoccipitals.

In the human skeleton, the internal lip of the trochlea descends lower than the external; and also lower than the condyle.

Odontoid process of second vertebra semi-cylindrical; skull with a sagittal crest; and the condyle of the lower jaw rounded.

condyle, kon′dil, n. a protuberance at the end of a bone serving for articulation with another bone, esp.

The skull generally lacks a sagittal crest; and the condyle of the lower jaw is transversely elongated.

In the ox and the sheep, the condyle is lower than the trochlea, but only very little lower.

In most Primates the condyle is considerably widened, but this is not the case in Man.

Thigh of Locusta Leach, a. Sinus in which the condyle of the tibia works.

Word Value for condyles
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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