| condylar axis | A line through the two mandibular condyles around which the mandible may rotate during a part of the opening movement. Synonym: condyle cord. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| condylar canal | The inconstant opening through the occipital bone posterior to the condyle on each side that transmits the occipital emissary vein. Synonym: canalis condylaris, posterior condyloid foramen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| condylar emissary vein | <anatomy, vein> A vein that connects the sigmoid sinus and the external vertebral venous plexuses through the condylar canal of the occipital bone. Synonym: vena emissaria condylaris, emissarium condyloideum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| condylar fossa | A depression behind the condyle of the occipital bone in which the posterior margin of the superior facet of the atlas lies in extension. Synonym: fossa condylaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| condylar guidance | The mechanical device on an articulator which is intended to produce guidance in articulator movement, similar to those produced by the paths of the condyles in the temporomandibular joints. See: condylar guidance inclination. Synonym: condylar guide. (05 Mar 2000) |
| condylar guidance inclination | The angle of inclination of the condylar guidance to an accepted horizontal plane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| condylar guide | The mechanical device on an articulator which is intended to produce guidance in articulator movement, similar to those produced by the paths of the condyles in the temporomandibular joints. See: condylar guidance inclination. Synonym: condylar guide. (05 Mar 2000) |
| condylar hinge position | The position of the condyles in the temporomandibular joints from which a hinge movement is possible, the maxillomandibular relation from which a consciously stimulated true hinge movement can be executed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| condylar joint | A modified ball-and-socket synovial joint in which the joint surfaces are elongated or ellipsoidal; it is a biaxial joint, i.e., two axes of motion at right angles to each other, the radiocarpal being an example. Synonym: articulatio ellipsoidea, articulatio condylaris, condylar articulation, condylar joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral condylar inclination | The direction of the lateral condyle path. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ABC process | Purification of water or deodorization of sewage by a mixture of alum, blood, and charcoal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accessory process | A small apophysis at the posterior part of the base of the transverse process of each of the lumbar vertebrae. Synonym: processus accessorius, accessory tubercle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acromial process | <anatomy> The lateral triangular projection of the spine of the scapula that forms the point of the shoulder and articulates with the clavicle. (27 Sep 1997) |
| activated sludge process | <procedure> A method of treating sewage and wastewater through microbial oxidation. Sewage previously treated in settling tanks is aerated to encourage the growth of nonpathogenic aerobic microorganisms (bacteria, yeasts, moulds and protozoans) which break the organic matter down into carbon dioxide, water and simple salts. After this activated sludge is produced, the wastewater undergoes further processing through anaerobic digestion, filtering and chlorination. (29 Dec 1997) |
| adiabatic process | <chemistry> A process in which the system does not exchange heat with the surroundings. (15 Jan 1998) |