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Epicondyle

Meaning: Bony prominence on the side of a bone end, above its articular surface, serving as a muscle or tendon origin.

In practice: Tennis elbow causes tenderness over the lateral one where the common wrist extensor tendon arises.

Word parts

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Which word means: A type of immune cell that engulfs and destroys pathogens.

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