Crossword-Solution: CONDYLE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Condyle | n. | A bony prominence; particularly, an eminence at the end of a bone bearing a rounded articular surface; -- sometimes applied also to a concave articular surface. |
We have 6 clues for the answer “CONDYLE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| BONE that articulates with another bone, rounded projection at end of | 1 answer |
| BONE, rounded process at end of (anat.) | 1 answer |
| PROJECTION at end of a bone that articulates with another bone | 1 answer |
| bone knuckle | 1 answer |
| Knuckle bone | 9 answers |
| A ROUND BUMP ON A BONE WHERE IT FORMS A JOINT WITH ANOTHER BONE | 11 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ERETA
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greedy person
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Sentences with CONDYLE (5)
Ball, an Irish surgeon, has collected several instances in which the base of the skull has been driven in and the condyle of the jaw impacted in the opening by force transmitted through the lower maxilla.
The right humerus was fractured at the external condyle; there was a fracture of the coronoid process of the ulna, and a backward dislocation at the elbow.
The extremity of the jaw bends, and forms a kind of little knob, called _condyle_, which fits into a cavity of the temporal bone.
You must never attempt to force too large an article into your mouth at once--an apple, for instance--the efforts you would then be obliged to make might easily cause the _condyle_ to slip out of its little cavity, where its hold is but slight, and to get under the _temporal bone_; and there you would be with your mouth wide open until the doctor arrived.
Here the condyle is flattened, and the fossa of the temporal bone very shallow, presenting to the condyle an almost flat surface, so that the jawbone is enabled to revolve with ease for the better mastication of the pellets of grass.