LATERAL EPICONDYLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lateral epicondyle mean? 

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

1. epicondyle near the lateral condyle of the femur

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LATERAL EPICONDYLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Epicondyle near the lateral condyle of the femur

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

epicondyle (a projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles and ligaments)

 Context examples 

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)

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)