condyle
/ˈkɒndɪl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.94 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Primitively the exoccipitals took but little part in the formation of the occipital condyle, but in many later reptiles they form a large part, as in the Chelonia (Fig. 31 b), or even the whole, as in the Amphisbaenia (Fig. 56 b); or, by the recession of the basioccipital, the double condyles of the Cynodontia and mammals."
- "“It's the upper condyle of a human femur,” said I."
Etymology
From French condyle, from Latin condylus, from Ancient Greek κόνδυλος (kóndulos, “knuckle”).
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: condyle, condylus, κόνδυλος