entocondyle

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noun

An internal condyle (on the side next to the body)

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Meanings

nounentocondyle (plural entocondyles)

plural entocondyles

  1. An internal condyle (on the side next to 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 Africa.”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From ento- + condyle.

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Chicago

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