a. [ad. Gr. *κονδυλοειδ-ής (κονδυλώδης in Hippocr.) knuckle-like. Cf. F. condyloïde.] Resembling or formed like a condyle: pertaining to a condyle.
Condyloid foramina: the foramina of the occipital bone. Condyloid process: ‘the articulating process of the lower jaw, consisting of the condyle and its neck’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
1741. Monro, Anat. (ed. 3), 165. The Condyloid Processes of the Occiput.
1836. Todd, Cycl. Anat., I. 732/2. The anterior condyloid foramen.
1854. Owen, Skel. & Teeth (1855), 64. The inner condyloid cavity of the tibia.
