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Definition of Condyloid
1. a. Shaped like or pertaining to a condyle.
Definition of Condyloid
1. Adjective. Relating to or resembling a condyle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Condyloid
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Condyloid
1. Relating to or resembling a condyle. Origin: G. Kondylodes, like a knuckle, fr. Kondylos, condyle, + eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Condyloid
Literary usage of Condyloid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1875)
"Supra-condyloid Amputation of the Thigh.—Dr. WM. STORKS, in an instructive paper
... The advantages which he claims for supra-condyloid "amputation are thor ..."
2. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1871)
"[The main objects of thie paper are to point out the advantages of amputation at
the knee, and to discuss what is termed supra-condyloid amputation of the ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1900)
"(2) The post-condyloid segment varied from 70-97 mm., giving an average of 82'7
mm., or an average of 47'1 per cent, of the total length. ..."
4. A Natural History of the Mammalia by George Robert Waterhouse (1848)
"The condyloid portion of the lower jaw, though not higher, has a considerably
greater transverse diameter than the corresponding part of the lower jaw of L. ..."
5. A Sketch of the Life and Writings of Robert Knox, the Anatomist by Henry Lonsdale (1870)
"Supra-condyloid Process.—Hip Joint.— Surgical Opinions.—Monkey and Man.—Lectures
in Glasgow.—The sad Fall. THE idea of a general unity or type in the animal ..."
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