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单词 epicondyle
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epicondylen.

Brit. /ˌɛpᵻˈkɒndʌɪl/, /ˌɛpᵻˈkɒndɪl/, U.S. /ˌɛpəˈkɑnˌdaɪl/, /ˌɛpəˈkɑndəl/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: epi- prefix, condyle n.
Etymology: < epi- prefix + condyle n., after French épicondile ( F. Chaussier Exposition sommaire des muscles du corps humain (1789) 73; < épi- epi- prefix + condile (now usually condyle ) condyle n.). Compare scientific Latin epicondylus (1806 or earlier).
Anatomy.
Originally: a bony prominence at the elbow joint, located next to the lateral condyle of the humerus. In later use also: a bony prominence located next to the medial condyle of the humerus, or the lateral or medial condyle of the femur (at the knee joint).Frequently with modifying word (in lateral epicondyle and medial epicondyle) distinguishing an epicondyle attached to either the lateral or medial condyle of the humerus or femur.The medial epicondyle of the humerus was also called the epitrochlea (French epitrochlée).
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > parts of bones > [noun] > natural outgrowth or projecting part
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1828 J. Quain Elements Anat. 92 Retaining the term trochlea for the surface of articulation with the ulna, he [sc. Chaussier] calls that which articulates with the radius, the condyle, and for the two lateral eminences of insertion, now named condyles, he substitutes the terms epi-trochlea and epi-condyle.
1877 E. Bellamy tr. W. Braune Atlas Topogr. Anat. 184 On the right, in the furrow between the olecranon and the medial epicondyle is the ulnar nerve.
1888 N.Y. Med. Jrnl. 12 May 528/1 In resection of the knee joint the skin incision is bow-shaped, beginning below and in front of one epicondyle..and ending above and in front of the other epicondyle of the femur.
1921 Morris's Human Anat. (ed. 6) 1444 On each femoral epicondyle, posteriorly, in a thin subject, can be felt its tubercle, which gives attachment to the collateral ligament.
1957 J. C. Adams Outl. Fractures v. 113 There may be an associated fracture of the coronoid process, or of the radial head, the capitulum or the medial epicondyle.
2006 Times (Nexis) 2 June ii. 12 A significant proportion of tennis elbow, lateral epicondylitis, is the result of an avulsion injury to the shared ligament of the wrist extensor group of muscles that is inserted into the bony prominence on the outside of the elbow joint (the lateral epicondyle).

Derivatives

ˌepiˈcondylar adj. of, relating to, or of the nature of an epicondyle.
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1866 R. Owen On Anat. Vertebr. II. xix. 391 An enormous convex crest, divided by a short and deep emargination from the inner epicondylar process.
1930 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 25 Jan. 170/1 Most surgeons..disagree with Osgood's description of tennis elbow as an epicondylar bursitis.
2005 S. Incavo et al. in J. Bellemans et al. Total Knee Arthroplasty xxiii. 155/1 Even though the longitudinal rotational axis does not move posteriorly with respect to the femoral epicondylar axis (roll-back), the femur appears to roll back with knee flexion.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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