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sesamoid

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Adjective

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ses=a=moid

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun sesamoid has 1 sense

sesamoid(n = noun.body) os sesamoideum, sesamoid bone - any of several small round bones formed in a tendon where it passes over a joint; Array

is a kind of bone, os

has particulars: kneecap, kneepan, patella

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CIDE DICTIONARY

sesamoid, a. [Gr. like sesame; sesame + e'i^dos form: cf. F. sésamoïde.].

Resembling in shape the seeds of sesame. [1913 Webster]
Of or pertaining to the sesamoid bones or cartilages; sesamoidal. [1913 Webster]

Sesamoid bones, Sesamoid cartilages (Anat.), small bones or cartilages formed in tendons, like the patella and pisiform in man.

sesamoid, n.

A sesamoid bone or cartilage. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

sesamoid, adj. & n.
--adj. shaped like a sesame seed; nodular (esp. of small independent bones developed in tendons passing over an angular structure such as the kneecap and the navicular bone).
--n. a sesamoid bone.

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