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epicondyle Anat.|ɛpɪˈkɒndaɪl|
[a. Fr. épicondyle (mod.L. epicondylus), formed by Chaussier c 1820: see epi- and condyle.
As Chaussier applied the name condyle to what is now called the ‘radial head’ of the humerus, epicondyle meant ‘the process situated above the condyle’.]
The external condyle of the humerus.
1836–9Todd Cycl. Anat. II. 161 It [i.e. the process] should be designated epicondyle. 1840G. Ellis Anat. 304 Semiflex the elbow joint, and the prominences of the external or epicondyle on the outer side, and of the internal condyle or epitrochlea on the inner, will be rendered evident. |