condyle
noun
con·dyle
ˈkän-ˌdī(-ə)l 
also -dᵊl
: an articular prominence of a bone
especially
: one resembling a pair of knuckles
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The Hawks were missing Kobe Bufkin (right shoulder surgery), Jalen Johnson (left shoulder surgery), Vit Krejci (lumbar fracture), Larry Nance Jr. (right medial femoral condyle fracture) and Daeqwon Plowden (G League) against the Heat.
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Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
The bottom part of the humerus, the bone of your upper arm, has two rounded ends called condyles, which form the top part of the elbow joint.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2023
Running in between those condyles is one of the major nerves to the hand, the ulnar nerve.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2023
The nerve can be compressed in a structure near there called the cubital tunnel, where a sheet of connective tissue covers the nerve just over the condyle of the humerus.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2023
The Double Jeopardy star suffered a fracture of the femoral condyle over the summer.
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2022
Opening the mouth causes the rounded ends of the lower jaw (known as condyles) to glide along the joint socket of the temporal bone.
—Marlene Cimons, Sun-Sentinel.com, 13 June 2017
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Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
The bottom part of the humerus, the bone of your upper arm, has two rounded ends called condyles, which form the top part of the elbow joint.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2023
Running in between those condyles is one of the major nerves to the hand, the ulnar nerve.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2023
The nerve can be compressed in a structure near there called the cubital tunnel, where a sheet of connective tissue covers the nerve just over the condyle of the humerus.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2023
The Double Jeopardy star suffered a fracture of the femoral condyle over the summer.
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2022
Opening the mouth causes the rounded ends of the lower jaw (known as condyles) to glide along the joint socket of the temporal bone.
—Marlene Cimons, Sun-Sentinel.com, 13 June 2017
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“Condyle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/condyle. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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