EPICONDYLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does epicondyle mean? 

• EPICONDYLE (noun)
  The noun EPICONDYLE has 1 sense:

1. a projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles and ligaments

  Familiarity information: EPICONDYLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EPICONDYLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles and ligaments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("epicondyle" is a kind of...):

appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "epicondyle"):

lateral epicondyle (epicondyle near the lateral condyle of the femur)

 Context examples 

A condition characterized by pain in or near the lateral humeral epicondyle or in the forearm extensor muscle mass as a result of unusual strain.

(Lateral Epicondylitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A muscle originating at the lateral epicondyle of the humerus and inserted at the third metacarpal bone that controls the radial extension and abduction of the wrist.

(Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis, NCI Thesaurus)

The flat, broad band of fibrous tissue located posteriorly on the inner side of the knee, extending from the medial epicondyle of the femur to the medial margin and surface of the tibia to prevent the knee from moving medially.

(Medial Collateral Ligament of the Knee, NCI Thesaurus)

A muscle originating at the lateral epicondyle of the humerus and inserted at the base of the proximal and middle phalanges as well as the base of the distal phalanges which controls the extension of the fingers.

(Extensor Digitorum Communis, NCI Thesaurus)