intercondylar

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   anatomy: situated or occurring between two condyles

   The intercondylar notch lies between the rounded condyles of the femur.

Formed from inter-, 'between,' + condyle + -ar. Condyle comes through Latin from Greek kondylos, 'knuckle or rounded prominence.' Intercondyloid is an older synonymous formation, and inter-condyloid is its historical hyphenated spelling.

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