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EPICONDYLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles and ligaments
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("epicondyle" is a kind of...):
appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "epicondyle"):
lateral epicondyle (epicondyle near the lateral condyle of the femur)