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ectocondyle

ectocondyle noun: an external condyle (on the side away from the body).

Noun

ectocondyle (plural ectocondyles)

  1. An external condyle (on the side away from the body)
    • The lateral condyle of the mandibular articulation, called ectocondyle, is separated from the medial condyle, or entocondyle, by the intercondylar sulcus.2016 January 7, “Morphofunctional Analysis of the Quadrate of Spinosauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) and the Presence of Spinosaurus and a Second Spinosaurine Taxon in the Cenomanian of North...

Forms of ectocondyle

pluralectocondyles

Origin of ectocondyle

From ecto- + condyle.

Questions about ectocondyle

What does ectocondyle mean?
Ectocondyle means an external condyle (on the side away from the body).
What part of speech is ectocondyle?
Ectocondyle is a noun.
What is the plural of ectocondyle?
The plural of ectocondyle is ectocondyles.

Words near ectocondyle in the dictionary

  1. ectocommensalism
  2. ectocommensals
  3. ectoconchion
  4. ectoconchions
  5. ectocondylar
  6. ectocondyle
  7. ectocondyles
  8. ectocone
  9. ectocones
  10. ectocoracoid
  11. ectocoracoids

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