Dictionary entry

Condyle

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Con″dyle (? or?), n. [L. condylus knuckle, joint, Gr. κόνδυλοσ: cf. F. condyle.] (Anat.) A bony prominence; particularly, an eminence at the end of a bone bearing a rounded articular surface; — sometimes applied also to a concave articular surface.