EPICONDYLE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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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)

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