Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or characterized by a condyle or condyles: as, the condylar surfaces of the tibia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a condyle.
- adjective (Anat.) a formen in front of each condyle of the occipital bone; -- sometimes called the
anterior condylar foramen when a second, or posterior, foramen is present behind the condyle, as often happens in man.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Relating to or resembling a
condyle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or resembling a condyle
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Examples
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As Eight Belles, a daughter of Unbridled's Song and Away, rounded the three-quarter pole, slowing her pace after the race, she collapsed with condylar fractures in both legs, said Larry Bramlage, the on-call veterinarian at Churchill Downs.
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But as Eight Belles rounded the three-quarter pole, slowing her pace after the race, she collapsed with condylar fractures in both legs, said Dr. Larry Bramlage, the on-call veterinarian at Churchill.
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He thought that maybe it was a metatarsal condylar fracture, which is something he had fixed on a regular basis.
Gone Like the Wind Bissinger, Buzz 2007
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When temporalis relaxation and ipsilateral translation of the condyle occurs unilaterally, the remaining scheme of occluding teeth becomes an influential factor in the presenting symptoms, of which, contacting canines during mandibular depression is highly desirable, as it minimizes condylar translation and muscle intensity, while directing the vector pull on the condyle more anteriorly than a posterior contact.
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* In the rabbit's skull f.l. anterius, the foramen rotundum, and foramen ovale are not distinct, and there are two condylar foramina instead of one, through each of which, a moiety of XII. passes.
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XII., the hypoglossal, runs out of the skull by the condylar foramen (c.f.), is motor, crosses the roots of XI.,
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The treatment is the same as for supra-condylar fracture, but, owing to the serious disability that follows on incomplete reduction, it may be necessary to have recourse to operation.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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_ -- This nerve has been ruptured in fractures passing through the canalis hypoglossi (anterior condylar foramen).
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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OF HUMERUS: _Supra-condylar_; _Inter-condylar_; _Separation of epiphysis_; _Fracture of either condyle alone_; _Fracture of either epicondyle alone_ -- FRACTURE OF UPPER END OF ULNA:
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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Radiogram of Supra-condylar Fracture of Humerus in a 81
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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