Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. 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.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. 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. The epicondyle was originally distinguished from the epiltrochlea on the inner (ul-nar) side of the bone; but the term was afterward extended to both the inner and outer supracondylar protuberances. See phrases following.
Wiktionary
- n. anatomy A protuberance above the condyle of a bone to which ligaments or tendons are attached
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Anat.) A projection on the inner side of the distal end of the humerus; the internal condyle.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles and ligaments
Etymologies
- epi- + condyle (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Operative vs. nonoperative treatment of medial epicondyle fractures”
“The bone's got a fracture clearly visible just above the medial epicondyle, whatever that is.”
“Medial epicondyle, trochlea, greater and lesser tubercle, " he said.”
“The elbow is swollen, the fore-arm is shortened, but the triangle between the olecranon, epitrochlear and epicondyle is preserved.”
“The _ulnaris lateralis_ (flexor metacarpi externus) has its origin from the lateral epicondyle of the humerus and inserts to the proximal extremity of the fourth metacarpal (outer splint) bone and by another attachment to the accessory carpal bone (trapezium) with the tendon of the flexor carpiulnaris (flexor metacarpi medius).”
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1
“The lateral (external), shorter and thicker, arises from the depression on the lateral epicondyle and inserts to the head of the fibula.”
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1
“The _flexor carpiradialis_ (flexor metacarpi internus) originates from the medial epicondyle of the humerus.”
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1
“The _flexor carpiulnaris_ (flexor metacarpi medius) has two heads of origin; one, the larger, originates from the epicondyle of the humerus and the other from the posterior surface of the olecranon.”
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1
“One or two supratrochlear glands are placed above the medial epicondyle of the humerus, medial to the basilic vein.”
VIII. The Lymphatic System. 4. The Lymphatics of the Upper Extremity
“The lateral epicondyle of the humerus, the radius, and the thumb lie along the preaxial border of the upper limb; and the medial epicondyle of the femur, the tibia, and the great toe along the corresponding border of the lower limb.”
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Human Anatomy
Terms relating to the human body, primarily in osteology.
humerus, scapula, ulna, radius, maxilla, mandible, mandible, occipital bone, parietal bone, frontal bone, tibia, talus and 104 more...
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Osteology
osteology, patella, trochanter, illia, interosseous, trochlea, olecranon fossa, epicondyle, epiphysis, glenoid, coracoid, acromion and 8 more...
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