In anatomy terms the difference between tubercle and condyle
is that tubercle is a round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth, especially those found on bones for the attachment of a muscle or ligament or small elevations on the surface of a tooth while condyle is a smooth prominence on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone.
tubercle
Noun
(
en noun)
(anatomy) A round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth, especially those found on bones for the attachment of a muscle or ligament or small elevations on the surface of a tooth.
(botany) A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti.
(pathology) A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.
Synonyms
* tuberculum
* tuberosity
* eminence
* nodule
condyle
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(anatomy) A smooth prominence on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone.
:* 1927': “It's the upper ' condyle of a human femur,” said I. — Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place’ (Norton 2005 p. 1717)
Related terms
* condylar
* condyloid
Derived terms
* hemicondyle